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

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WAS A SHEPHERD TO FOOLS
Last Line: YET THEY ESCAPED. FOR I STAYED.
Subject(s): NAVAL CONVOYS; WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;
I was a shepherd to fools
Causelessly bold or afraid.
They would not abide by my rules.
Yet they escaped. For I stayed.



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