Re: Damn, read this instead. Some sort of computer error happened there...

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Posted by graml from sdn-ar-002vannewP171.dialsprint.net on March 05, 2000 at 11:36:22:

In Reply to: Damn, read this instead. Some sort of computer error happened there... posted by Brett (Maverick) Lambert on March 05, 2000 at 11:14:55:

: : Hey guys, remember that poem that Young Indy was asked to read in Trenches of Hell? That's a really good poem. Very moving. I'm wondering, is that poem really famous and did Seigreid Sassoon do anything famous? Anyways, here's the poem. I copied it down while watching Trenches of Hell with the Closed Captioning on.

: Dreamers
: by Siegfreid Sassoon
: Soldiers are citizens of death's gray land,
: Drawing no Dividends from times tomorrows,
: In the great hour of destiny they stand,
: Each with his feuds, his jealousies, and sorrows
: Soldiers are sworn to action, they must win
: Some flaming fatal climax with their lives.
: Soldiers are dreamers before the guns begin,
: They think of fire-lit homes, clean beds and wives.
: I see them in foul dug-outs gnawed by rats,
: And in the ruined trenches lashed with rain,
: Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
: And mocked by helpless longing to regain.
: Bank holidays, and picture shows, and spats
: and going to the office in the train.

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Hey. I can't find that video anywhere, but I remember the poem from when it first aired. If that episode doesn't put you off war, it probably means you're without a soul. World War One permanently scarred a generation, both physically and mentally. The saddest thing is that we didn't learn a damned thing from it. Oh well, I have a feeling this post has gotten a bit too philosophical, so I'll end it here.
-graml




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