The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
Return of the Heroes
A lady watches from the crowd, Enthusiastic, flushed, and proud.
"Oh! there's Sir Henry Dudster! Such a splendid leader! How pleased he looks! What rows of ribbons on his tunic! Such dignity…. Saluting…. (Wave your flag … now, Freda!)… Yes, dear, I saw a Prussian General once,—at Munich.
"Here's the next carriage!… Jack was once in Leggit's Corps; That's him!… I think the stout one is Sir Godfrey Stoomer. They must feel sad to know they can't win any more Great victories!… Aren't they glorious men?… so full of humour!"