The Last Ray

Rome's glory flickered, a final ray,
In that august ceremony, come what may.
The Gothic king's presence, a solemn sight,
A fading empire, losing its light.

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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