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EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: A GRAVE NEAR CAIRO by RUDYARD KIPLING

Poet Analysis

First Line: GODS OF THE NILE, SHOULD THIS STOUT FELLOW HERE
Last Line: GET OUT -- GET OUT! HE KNOWS NOT SHAME NOR FEAR.
Subject(s): GRAVES; WORLD WAR I; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES; FIRST WORLD WAR;

Gods of the Nile, should this stout fellow here
Get out -- get out! he knows not shame nor fear.



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