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"Knowing their feet had come to the end of the world."

THE PARABLE OF THE OLD MAN AND THE YOUNG

Wilfred Owen (1893-1918), WWI Poet and Victim

Published 1920

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,

And took the fire with him, and a knife.

And as they sojourned both of them together,

Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father,

Behold the preparations, fire and iron,

But where the lamb, for this burnt-offering?

Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps,

And builded parapets and trenches there

And stretchéd forth the knife to slay his son.

When lo! an Angel called him out of heaven,

Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,

Neither do anything to him. Behold,

A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns;

Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.

But the old man would not so, but slew his son,

And half the seed of Europe, one by one.

I read this poem in a World Lit. class recently and it made quite an impression on me. Owen's sentiments regarding war are apparent here, yet, after leaving the front on medical leave, he chose to return, not because he supported the war, but because he felt compelled to return to his men. He was killed days before the war ended. Fascinating. For a page with information on the author and more of his poetry, see http://www.rjgeib.com/heroes/owen/owen.html or

http://users.fulladsl.be/spb1667/cultural/owen.html