“Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!”

— Wilfred Owen , The Next War

"The Next War"
Context: Oh, Death was never enemy of ours!
We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum.
No soldier's paid to kick against His powers.
We laughed, — knowing that better men would come,
And greater wars: when each proud fighter brags
He wars on Death, for lives; not men, for flags.

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

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