Dated 6 April 1915, this short poem is, so sadly, still relevant, and also still heart-breaking.
The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood
This Eastertide call into mind the men,
Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should
Have gathered them and will do never again.
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Edward Thomas was killed in action soon after he arrived in France on Easter Monday, 9 April, 1917.
He left behind a wife and three children.
Word To Use Today: never. The Old English form of this word was nǣfre, from ne ‘not’ + ǣfre ‘ever’.
This poem has featured before on The Word Den, but I don't think that anything expresses this sense of sadness and waste better.
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