{"id":73,"date":"2010-01-20T01:21:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T01:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=73"},"modified":"2024-05-18T14:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T14:44:34","slug":"dreamers-siegried-sassoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/dreamers-siegried-sassoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamers by Siegfried Sassoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDREAMERS<\/p>\n

Soldiers are citizens of death’s grey land,
\nDrawing no dividend from time’s to-morrows.
\nIn the great hour of destiny they stand,
\nEach with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.
\nSoldiers are sworn to action; they must win
\nSome flaming, fatal climax with their lives.
\nSoldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin
\nThey think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.<\/p>\n

I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,
\nAnd in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,
\nDreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
\nAnd mocked by hopeless longing to regain
\nBank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
\nAnd going to the office in the train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Siegfried Sassoon was a British poet born Sept. 8, 1886. He died in 1967. Sassoon was served in World War I. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,426],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sassoon","category-war-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t