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by Sassoon, Siegfried
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But now I’m old and bald and serious-minded,
With days to sit and ponder. I’d no chance 
When young and gay to get the hang of all 
This Hell and Heaven: and when the clergy hoick 
And holloa from their pulpits, I’m asleep, 
However hard I listen; and when they pray
It seems we’re all like children sucking sweets 
In school, and wondering whether master sees. 

I used to dream of Hell when I was first 
Promoted to a huntsman’s job, and scent 
Was rotten, and all ...Read more of this...



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