October
23
Attack by Seigfried Sassoon
Posted by mayem . Published on 23 October 2009, No Comments Received
At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun
In wild purple of the glow’ring sun,
Smouldering through spouts of drifting smoke that shroud
The menacing scarred slope; and, one by one,
Tanks creep and topple forward to the wire.
The barrage roars and lifts. Then, clumsily bowed
With bombs and guns and shovels and battle-gear,
Men jostle and climb to meets the bristling fire,
Lines of grey, muttering faces, masked with fear,
They leave their trenches, going over the top.
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