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The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings: But Day shall clasp him with strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings.
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The naked earth is warm with Spring,
And with green grass and bursting trees
Leans to the sun's kiss glorying,
And quivers in the sunny breeze.
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I adore war. It is like a big picnic but without the objectivelessness of a picnic. I have never been more well or more happy.
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And Life is Colour and Warmth and Light
And a striving evermore for these;
And he is dead, who will not fight;
And who dies fighting has increase.
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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Born:
March 30, 1888
Died:
May 26, 1915
(aged 27)
Bio:
The Honourable Julian Henry Francis Grenfell was a British soldier and poet of World War I.
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