Richard Burton - The Days Of Wilfred Owen OST 1964 (?) Vinyl Rip, some remaining surface noise

"This is not about heroes
English poetry is not yet filt
To spreak of them . . . "

So begins this recording. And the last words heard at the end are, "You would not tell with such high zest to children for some desperate glory the old lie : Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori" (To die for one's country is sweet and proper).

Between these lines lies the legacy of a pitifully wasted life. These are the blood-drenched words of a young English poet named Wilfred Edward Salter Owen , born 1893, killed in France at the age of 25.

The bells were ringing on November 11, 1918, in Shrewsbury to celebrate the Armistice when the doorbell rang at his parent's home, bringing them the telegram telling them their son was dead.

01 Preface
02 Send-Off
03 Arms And The Boy
04 Sonnet : On Seeing A Piece Of Our Artillery Brought Into Action
05 Strange Meeting
06 Le Christianisme
07 Soldier’s Dream
08 The Last Laugh
09 At A Calvary Near The Ancre
10 The Sentry
11 Anthem For A Doomed Youth
12 Apologia Pro Poemate Meo
13 The Show
14 Conscious
15 Greater Love
16 Asleep
17 Futility
18 The Next War
19 Dulce At Decorum Est