The Tribute Received

The Gothic palace, a mirror bright,
Of Theodosius' court, in day and night.
Prætorian prefect, Rome's prefect too,
Ministers of state, loyal and true.

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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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