When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead
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When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead
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"When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead", also known as "The Army of Death", "The Dead", or "A Sonnet", is a poem by Charles Sorley, a British Army officer and Scottish war poet who fought in the First World War. At age 20, Sorley was killed in action near Hulluch, having been shot in the head by a sniper during the final offensive of the Battle of Loos on 13 October 1915. This, Sorley's last poem, was recovered from his kit after his death. It was untitled, and so is commonly known by its
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World War I poetry
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