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    The Army of Death
    The Army of Death
    The Army of Death
    Audiobook31 minutes

    The Army of Death

    Written by Charles Hamilton Sorley

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook


    Captain Sorley was among 16 Great War poets commemorated in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. The inscription was written by Wilfred Owen. It reads: "My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity."

    This is regarded as one of Sorley's finest poems, and was discovered in his kit after his death. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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