If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.
From
The Soldier
to
Anthem for Doomed Youth
Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are two of the best-loved poets from the heroic lost generation of the First World War. Brooke's work was well-known before the war, with the now iconic lines:
'Stands the Church clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?'
from
The Old Vicarage, Grantchester
. And Wilfred Owen, awarded the Military Cross, had been writing poetry since he was ten years old.
This superb collection is the perfect introduction to two of our greatest poets.