The Old Huntsman

poetry by Sassoon

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  • Siegfried Sassoon
    In Siegfried Sassoon: World War I service and antiwar poetry

    …antiwar poetry in the collections The Old Huntsman (1917) and Counter-Attack (1918), both of which were published while he was still in the army. In June 1917 he wrote a statement making a public affirmation of pacifism, declaring, “I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who…

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