But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one. — Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
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But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one.

— Wilfred Owen, The War Poems
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