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And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
Pro patria mori.
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.
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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time, But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.— Dim through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,— My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.