The Emperor's Whim

The emperor's whim, a war did ignite,
On Dacian frontier, with all his might.
Gothic king granted, refuge and aid,
To Attila's descendant, unafraid.

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

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