The Metallic Herd

The brazen elephants, a sight to recall,
Restored with care, standing proud and tall.
The heifer of Myron, a sculptor's fine hand,
Guarded by officers, across the land.

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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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