id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1187 Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - Wikipedia .html text/html 2513 250 75 Horace's line was quoted in the title of a poem by Wilfred Owen, "Dulce et Decorum est", published in 1921, describing soldiers' horrific experiences in World War I. Perhaps the most famous modern use of the phrase is as the title of a poem, "Dulce et Decorum est", by British poet Wilfred Owen during World War I. In his book And No Birds Sang, chronicling his service in Italy with the Canadian army during World War II, Farley Mowat quotes Wilfred Owen's poem on the opening pages and addresses "the Old Lie" in the final section of the book. Scottish rock band The Skids include a song named "Dulce Et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori)" on the album Days in Europa in 1979. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori is the motto of the following organizations: The shorter phrase Pro Patria ("for the homeland") may or may be not related to the Horace quote: ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1187.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1187.txt