The Fleet's Response

A thousand light vessels, he swiftly made,
To meet the pirates, unafraid.
His firm moderation, a peace did earn,
Italy's safety, at every turn.

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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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