“Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way.”
Kingsley Amis (1922–1995) English novelist, poet, critic, teacher
“We sent him down at last, out of the way.
Unwounded; — stout lad, too, before that strafe.”
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Unwounded; — stout lad, too, before that strafe.
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Unwounded; — stout lad, too, before that strafe." by Wilfred Owen?
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