Quote by: Siegfried Sassoon

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go." "The War Poems

Siegfried Sassoon

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Author Bio

  • NameSiegfried Sassoon
  • DescriptionEnglish Poet, Diarist, Memoirist
  • AliasesAuthor of Memoirs of a fox-hunting man,
  • BornSeptember 8, 1886
  • DiedSeptember 1, 1967
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionJournalist; Poet; Author; Soldier; Reporter
  • WorksMemoirs Of A Fox-Hunting Man
  • AwardsMilitary Cross; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Queen's Gold Medal For Poetry