Hero ✓

Here is the full content of the poem by Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), one of the most famous war poets of World War I. "Hero" (full poem)

Then the broad, sunny parlour with its flowers And quiet old furniture, and the clock That ticked so slow, seemed like a sort of dream; And all the while the Mother's heart was cold With a despair that she must never tell. Here is the full content of the poem

"Jack fell as he'd have wished," the Mother said, And folded up the telegram that told Of her son's death, "He's safe in Heaven now," She said, "And I am proud of him, poor lad. He always said he'd go—and now he's gone. He's safer than he'd ever been, I think, And nothing can be hurt. He never wrote To tell me he was wounded; I expect He thought it might distress me. I can see Him smiling as he used to, and his eyes Are just the same. Dear lad, I'm proud of him." He always said he'd go—and now he's gone