Suicide In The Trenches
Suicide In The Trenches Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again. 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. Siegfried Sassoon He was born to a wealthy Jewish family in 1886. His mother named him Siegfried, for her love of Wagner’s operas. He was the second of three sons. He was educated at the New Beacon School and Marlborough College and at Clare College, Cambridge. He spent few years in playing cricket and writing verse. He wanted to play for Kent County Cricket Club. He was married toHester Gatty who was twenty years younger to him. They had a child, whom he admired s...