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Sassoon published the old huntsman which praised the noble aspect of war, but. The war poems of siegfried sassoon book by siegfried sassoon. Sassoon was a friend of graves, they served in the same regiment during the first world war and shared a love of poetry. He served in world war i on the western front and was awarded the military cross for bravery under fire.
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