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EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: BOMBER IN LONDON by RUDYARD KIPLING

Poet Analysis

First Line: ON LAND AND SEA I STROVE WITH ANXIOUS CARE
Last Line: TO ESCAPE CONSCRIPTION. IT WAS IN THE AIR!
Subject(s): MILITARY SERVICE, COMPULSORY; WORLD WAR I; CONSCRIPTION; MILITARY DRAFT; SELECTIVE SERVICE; FIRST WORLD WAR;
On land and sea I strove with anxious care
To escape conscription. It was in the air!



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