Wilfred Owen
10 quotes
Biography
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War.
"Those who have no hope pass their old age shrouded with an inward gloom."
"These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their merriment."
"As bronze may be much beautified by lying in the dark damp soil, so men who fade in dust of warfare fade fairer, and sorrow blooms their soul."
"My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity."
"Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both."
"My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity."
"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 bragsHe wars on Death, for lives; not men, for flags."
"All a poet can do today is warn."
"Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War."
"After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve."