Arles and Marseilles

Arles and Marseilles, their conquest won,
Opened free passage, beneath the sun.
To Visigoths loyal, revered as their shield,
Guardian of his grandchild, truths revealed.

About Wilfred Owen

War poet whose visceral, anti-war verse exposed the horrors of trench warfare; killed one week before Armistice.

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