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And some cease feeling Even themselves or for themselves. Dullness best solves The tease and doubt of shelling

Wilfred Owen

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Wilfred Owen
Age: 25 †
Born: 1893
Born: March 18
Died: 1918
Died: November 4
Poet
Writer
Oswestry
Shropshire
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen
Owen
Feelings
Solves
Best
Dullness
Even
Tease
Cease
Solve
Doubt
Feeling
War
Shelling

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