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EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: THE COWARD by RUDYARD KIPLING

Poet Analysis

First Line: I COULD NOT LOOK ON DEATH, WHICH BEING KNOWN
Last Line: MEN LED ME TO HIM, BLINDFOLD AND ALONE.
Subject(s): COWARDICE; WAR; WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;

I could not look on death, which being known,
Men led me to him, blindfold and alone.



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