Sassoon, Siegfried Everyone Sang (S74)
Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sasson is a Poem On The Underground poster measuring 280mm by 610mm.
Everyone Sang
Everyone suddenly burst out singing;
And I was filled with such delight
As prisoned birds must find in freedom,
Winging wildly across the white
Orchards and dark-green fields; on--on--and out of sight.
Everyone's voice was suddenly lifted;
And beauty came like the setting sun:
My heart was shaken with tears; and horror
Drifted away . . . O, but Everyone
Was a bird; and the song was wordless;
the singing will never be done.
April 1919
Siegfried Sassoon
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