Aftermath by Siegfried Sassoon read by Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons reads Siegfried Sassoon’s classic anti-war poem, which was written in 1919 to express his horror of the first world war, in which he served: “Have you forgotten yet?... Look up, and swear by the slain of the war that you’ll never forget! SIEGFRIED SASSOON - AFTERMATH Have you forgotten yet?... For the world’s events have rumbled on since those gagged days, Like traffic checked a while at the crossing of city ways: And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow Like clouds in the lit heavens of life; and you’re a man reprieved to go, Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare. But the past is just the same—and War’s a bloody game... Have you forgotten yet?... Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you’ll never forget. Do you remember the dark months you held the sector at Mametz— The nights you watched and wired and dug and piled sandbags on p