The Marcilian Fair

Where Lucania's wealth met Istria's grace,
The Marcilian fountain, a bustling place.
Trade, intemperance, superstition's call,
A yearly fair, enthralling all.

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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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