Author: Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918)
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- After the blast of lightning from the East CAT FRE (The end)
- After the blast of lightning from the East CAT FRE - Elaine Hugh-Jones (The end)
- Agnus Dei (One ever hangs where shelled roads part) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten CAT FRE
- Already I have comprehended a light which never will filter into the dogma [x] - Leland C. Smith (Diary Fragments)
- Anthem for Doomed Youth (What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?) CAT FRE GER
- Anthem for Doomed Youth (What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?) - Walter Gaze Cooper, John Greer, Jason Rico CAT FRE GER
- Arms and the boy (Let the boy try along this bayonet-blade) FRE
- Arms and the boy (Let the boy try along this bayonet-blade) - John E. Cousins FRE
- At a Calvary near the Ancre (One ever hangs where shelled roads part) CAT FRE
- Bent double, like old beggars under sacks FRE (Dulce et decorum est)
- Bent double, like old beggars under sacks FRE - Aaron Alon, Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton, Jason Rico (Dulce et decorum est)
- Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm FRE - Jason Rico (On Seeing a Piece of Our Heavy Artillery Brought into Action)
- Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm FRE (Sonnet: On Seeing a Piece of Our Artillery Brought into Action)
- Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm FRE - John E. Cousins (Sonnet: On Seeing a Piece of Our Artillery Brought into Action)
- Between the brown hands of a server-lad FRE (Maundy Thursday)
- Between the brown hands of a server-lad FRE - John Greer (Maundy Thursday)
- Bugles sang, saddening the evening air FRE (Voices)
- Diary Fragments (Already I have comprehended a light which never will filter into the dogma) - Leland C. Smith [x]
- Dies irae, dies illa FRE - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Dies irae)
- Dies irae, dies illa FRE - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Dies irae)
- Dies irae, dies illa FRE - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Dies irae)
- Dies irae, dies illa FRE - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Dies irae)
- Dies irae (Dies irae, dies illa) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten FRE
- Dies irae (Dies irae, dies illa) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten FRE
- Dies irae (Dies irae, dies illa) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten FRE
- Dies irae (Dies irae, dies illa) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten FRE
- Domine Iesu Christe, Rex gloriæ CAT FRE - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Offertorium)
- Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way FRE - Gary Bachlund (The Send-Off)
- Dulce et decorum est (Bent double, like old beggars under sacks) FRE
- Dulce et decorum est (Bent double, like old beggars under sacks) - Aaron Alon, Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton, Jason Rico FRE
- Fragment: a farewell (I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell)
- Fragment: a farewell (I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell) - John E. Cousins
- Futility (Move him into the sun) FRE
- Futility (Move him into the sun) - John E. Cousins, Elaine Hugh-Jones, Bernard Rands, Jason Rico, Hugo Weisgall FRE
- Halted against the shade of a last hill (Spring offensive)
- Halted against the shade of a last hill - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (Spring offensive)
- How do I love thee? (I cannot woo thee as the lion his mate)
- How do I love thee? (I cannot woo thee as the lion his mate) - John Greer
- I am the ghost of Shadwell Stair (Shadwell Stair)
- I am the ghost of Shadwell Stair - Betty Roe (Shadwell Stair)
- I cannot woo thee as the lion his mate (How do I love thee?)
- I cannot woo thee as the lion his mate - John Greer (How do I love thee?)
- I dreamed kind Jesus fouled the big-gun gears - Jason Rico (Soldier's Dream)
- I have been urged by earnest violins (Music)
- I have been urged by earnest violins - Robert Barton Smith (Music)
- In Memoriam (Move him into the sun) - H. Emerson Myers FRE
- Inspection ('You! What d'you mean by this?' I rapped) FRE
- Inspection ('You! What d'you mean by this?' I rapped) - John E. Cousins FRE
- I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell (Fragment: a farewell)
- I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell - John E. Cousins (Fragment: a farewell)
- I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell - Elaine Hugh-Jones (I saw his round mouth's crimson)
- I saw his round mouth's crimson (I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell) - Elaine Hugh-Jones
- It seemed that out of the battle I escaped (from Wheels, 1919: Fourth Cycle) FRE (Strange meeting)
- It seemed that out of the battle I escaped (from Wheels, 1919: Fourth Cycle) FRE - Rudolf Escher (Strange meeting)
- It seems that out of battle I escaped CAT FRE FRE
- Let the boy try along this bayonet-blade FRE (Arms and the boy)
- Let the boy try along this bayonet-blade FRE - John E. Cousins (Arms and the boy)
- Libera me, Domine CAT FRE FRE - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Libera me)
- Libera me (Libera me, Domine) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten CAT FRE FRE
- Maundy Thursday (Between the brown hands of a server-lad) FRE
- Maundy Thursday (Between the brown hands of a server-lad) - John Greer FRE
- Move him into the sun FRE (Futility)
- Move him into the sun FRE - John E. Cousins, Elaine Hugh-Jones, Bernard Rands, Jason Rico, Hugo Weisgall (Futility)
- Move him into the sun FRE - H. Emerson Myers (In Memoriam)
- Music (I have been urged by earnest violins)
- Music (I have been urged by earnest violins) - Robert Barton Smith
- My shy hand shades a hermitage apart (My shy hand)
- My shy hand shades a hermitage apart - Bernard P. Langley (My shy hand)
- My shy hand (My shy hand shades a hermitage apart)
- My shy hand (My shy hand shades a hermitage apart) - Bernard P. Langley
- Offertorium (Domine Iesu Christe, Rex gloriæ) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten CAT FRE
- 'Oh! Jesus Christ! I'm hit,' he said; and died - Jason Rico (The last laugh)
- One ever hangs where shelled roads part CAT FRE - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Agnus Dei)
- One ever hangs where shelled roads part CAT FRE (At a Calvary near the Ancre)
- On Seeing a Piece of Our Heavy Artillery Brought into Action (Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm) - Jason Rico FRE
- Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death FRE (The next war)
- Poem for soprano and four instruments (Sing me at morn but only with your laugh) - William Hellerman
- Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine CAT FRE GER - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Requiem aeternam)
- Requiem aeternam (Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten CAT FRE GER
- Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus CAT FRE - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Sanctus)
- Sanctus (Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten CAT FRE
- Shadwell Stair (I am the ghost of Shadwell Stair)
- Shadwell Stair (I am the ghost of Shadwell Stair) - Betty Roe
- She sleeps on soft, last breaths; but no ghost looms CAT FRE - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (She sleeps on soft, last breaths)
- She sleeps on soft, last breaths; but no ghost looms CAT FRE (The kind ghosts)
- She sleeps on soft, last breaths (She sleeps on soft, last breaths; but no ghost looms) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten CAT FRE
- Sing me at dawn but only with your laugh (Song of songs)
- Sing me at dawn but only with your laugh - John Greer (Song of songs)
- Sing me at morn but only with your laugh - William Hellerman (Poem for soprano and four instruments)
- Sing me at morn but only with your laugh (Song of songs)
- Sing me at morn but only with your laugh - Bernard P. Langley (Song of songs)
- So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went CAT FRE (The parable of the Old Man and the Young)
- So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went CAT FRE - Albert Tepper (The parable of the Old Man and the Young)
- Soldier's Dream (I dreamed kind Jesus fouled the big-gun gears) - Jason Rico
- Song of songs (Sing me at dawn but only with your laugh)
- Song of songs (Sing me at dawn but only with your laugh) - John Greer
- Song of songs (Sing me at morn but only with your laugh)
- Song of songs (Sing me at morn but only with your laugh) - Bernard P. Langley
- Sonnet: On Seeing a Piece of Our Artillery Brought into Action (Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm) FRE
- Sonnet: On Seeing a Piece of Our Artillery Brought into Action (Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm) - John E. Cousins FRE
- Sonnet: To a child (Sweet is your antique body, not yet young)
- Sonnet: To a child (Sweet is your antique body, not yet young) - Bernard P. Langley
- Spring offensive (Halted against the shade of a last hill)
- Spring offensive (Halted against the shade of a last hill) - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir
- Strange meeting (It seemed that out of the battle I escaped) (from Wheels, 1919: Fourth Cycle) FRE
- Strange meeting (It seemed that out of the battle I escaped) (from Wheels, 1919: Fourth Cycle) - Rudolf Escher FRE
- Suddenly night crushed out the day and hurled (The unreturning)
- Suddenly night crushed out the day and hurled - Elaine Hugh-Jones (The unreturning)
- Sweet is your antique body, not yet young (Sonnet: To a child)
- Sweet is your antique body, not yet young - Bernard P. Langley (Sonnet: To a child)
- The browns, the olives, and the yellows died FRE (Winter song)
- The browns, the olives, and the yellows died FRE - Lee Hoiby (Winter song)
- The end (After the blast of lightning from the East) CAT FRE
- The end (After the blast of lightning from the East) - Elaine Hugh-Jones CAT FRE
- The kind ghosts (She sleeps on soft, last breaths; but no ghost looms) CAT FRE
- The last laugh ('Oh! Jesus Christ! I'm hit,' he said; and died) - Jason Rico
- The next war (Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death) FRE
- The parable of the Old Man and the Young (So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went) CAT FRE
- The parable of the Old Man and the Young (So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went) - Albert Tepper CAT FRE
- The Send-Off (Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way) - Gary Bachlund FRE
- The unreturning (Suddenly night crushed out the day and hurled)
- The unreturning (Suddenly night crushed out the day and hurled) - Elaine Hugh-Jones
- Three rompers run together hand in hand (Three rompers)
- Three rompers run together hand in hand - John Greer (Three rompers)
- Three rompers (Three rompers run together hand in hand)
- Three rompers (Three rompers run together hand in hand) - John Greer
- Voices (Bugles sang, saddening the evening air) FRE
- What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? CAT FRE GER (Anthem for Doomed Youth)
- What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? CAT FRE GER - Walter Gaze Cooper, John Greer, Jason Rico (Anthem for Doomed Youth)
- Winter song (The browns, the olives, and the yellows died) FRE
- Winter song (The browns, the olives, and the yellows died) - Lee Hoiby FRE
- 'You! What d'you mean by this?' I rapped FRE (Inspection)
- 'You! What d'you mean by this?' I rapped FRE - John E. Cousins (Inspection)
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