posted on 2024-04-19, 17:45authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr"> In Shrewsbury Town e'en Hercules wox tired,<br> Tired of the streets that end not up nor down;<br> Tired of the Quarry, though seats may be hired<br> Of Shrewsbury Town.<br> Tired of the tongues that knew not his renown;<br> Tired of the Quarry Bye-Laws, so admired<br> By the Salopian, the somnambulant clown.<br> Weak as a babe, and in like wise attired,<br> He leaned upon his club; frowned a last frown,<br> And of ineffable boredom, so expired<br> In Shrewsbury Town.</p>
The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen edited by Jon Stallworthy first published by Chatto & Windus, 1983.
(#78 CPF vol. 1, p. 85, vol. 2 p. 225)
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The Estate of Wilfred Owen. The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen edited by Jon Stallworthy first published by Chatto & Windus, 1983. Preliminaries, introductory, editorial matter, manuscripts and fragments omitted.