is the one that includes the line "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" ... "it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." I didn't understand at the time that that was a poem about a Roman war in Iraq! It was about the Romans putting down Parthian insurgents in an imperialist war, which seemed too good to be true. And it's about the difference between the bravery of soldiers and the kind of courage that doesn't get you into unnecessary wars.
from Berkeleyan: Robert Hass: Eight years of activism, writing, and reflection
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