The Fathers
Siegfried Sassoon
1886 to 1967
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"Yes," wheezed the other, "that's the luck!
Gross, goggle-eyed, and full of chat.
At Arras with his nine-inch gun."
But Arthur's getting all the fun
In England training all this year.
Snug at the club two fathers sat,
Still, if there's truth in what we hear,
Writes cheery letters from Bagdad.
My boy's quite broken-hearted, stuck
I watched them toddle through the door—
The Huns intend to ask for more
One of them said; "My eldest lad
Before they bolt across the Rhine."
These impotent old friends of mine.