Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled,
And one arm bent across your sullen, cold,
Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you,
Deep-shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold;
And you wonder why I shake you by the shoulder;
Drowsy, you mumble and sigh and turn your head…
You are too young to fall asleep for ever;
And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.
The Dug-out
Siegfried Sassoon
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Poem topics: heart, sleep, head, shadow, deep, young, face, cold, candle, gold, watch, shoulder, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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