Dulce et Decorum est - Wilfred Owen

Adrian recently posted his favourite poem online. I was going to post mine as a comment on sevitzdotcom... but then realized it probably wouldn't work. So instead I'm posting it here.

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And floundering like a man in fire or lime.
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in.
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

For interests sake, 'dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori' translated from Latin means 'it is sweet and right to die for ones country'. This is probably the best known poem from the first world war, and although I'm not that keen on most war poetry and I'm not a big military enthusiast I like the poem for it's imagery and frankness. Owen cut through the crap and said it like it was.

Other news: The new mystery track is up for download. I think it's brilliant, but I've heard mixed reviews from others. Some people love it for what it brings to one of the most powerful songs ever written. Others brand it blasphemous. Let me know what you think.