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EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: HINDU SEPOY IN FRANCE by RUDYARD KIPLING

Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS MAN IN HIS OWN COUNTRY PRAYED WE KNOW NOT TO WHAT POWERS
Last Line: WE PRAY THEM TO REWARD HIM FOR HIS BRAVERY IN OURS.
Subject(s): COURAGE; HINDUISM; PRAYER; RELIGION; WORLD WAR I; VALOR; BRAVERY; THEOLOGY; FIRST WORLD WAR;

This man in his own country prayed we know not to what Powers.
We pray Them to reward him for his bravery in ours.



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