Poetic Openings : Siegfried Sassoon to Siegfried Sassoon

Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : A Whispered Tale : First Line : I’d heard fool-heroes brag of where they’d been,
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : A Working Party : First Line : Three hours ago he blundered up the trench,
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Absolution : First Line : The anguish of the earth absolves our eyes
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Aftermath : First Line : Have you forgotten yet?…
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Alone : First Line : I’ve listened: and all the sounds I heard

Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : An Old French Poet : First Line : When in your sober mood my body have ye laid
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Ancestors : First Line : Behold these jewelled, merchant Ancestors,
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Ancient History : First Line : Adam, a brown old vulture in the rain,
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Arcady Unheeding : First Line : Shepherds go whistling on their way
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon : Poem : Arms And The Man : First Line : Young Croesus went to pay his call