Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumblingFitting the clumsy helmets just in time,But someone still was yelling out and stumblingAnd flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori..
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.
My friend, you would not tell with such high zestTo children ardent for some desperate glory,The old Lie: Dulce et decorum estPro patria mori.