Finished with the War: A Soldier’s Declaration

by Siegfried Sassoon (1928) — a poem card from Justes Mots

This is Sassoon's famous 1917 declaration renouncing his participation in World War I and protesting its continuation. A historical document as much as poetry, it represents a soldier's moral stand against institutional warfare. It serves as testimony to principled dissent and the spiritual cost of prolonged conflict.

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Exported from Wikisource on November 13, 2025…

Themes: sympathy · grief · reflection