“The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.”

—  Wilfred Owen , Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth

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English poet and soldier (1893-1918) 1893–1918

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