Poetic Openings : Siegfried Sassoon to Siegfried Sassoon
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : Night-piece :
First Line : Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan,
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : Nimrod In September :
First Line : When half the drowsy world’s a-bed
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : Noah :
First Line : When old Noah stared across the floods,
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : October :
First Line : Across the land a faint blue veil of mist
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : Parted :
First Line : Sleepless I listen to the surge and drone
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : Picture-show :
First Line : And still they come and go: and this is all I know
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : Prelude To An Unwritten Masterpiece :
First Line : You like my bird-sung gardens: wings and flowers;
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : Prelude: The Troops :
First Line : Dim, gradual thinning of the shapeless gloom
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : Reconciliation :
First Line : When you are standing at your hero’s grave,
Poet : Siegfried Sassoon :
Poem : Remorse :
First Line : Lost in the swamp and welter of the pit,
