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EPITAPH: GORDON OF KHARTOUM by GEORGE MEREDITH

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First Line: OF MEN HE WOULD HAVE RAISED TO LIGHT HE FELL
Last Line: THE MAN OF ENGLAND CIRCLED BY THE SANDS.
Subject(s): DEATH; EPITAPHS; DEAD, THE;
OF men he would have raised to light he fell:
In soul he conquered with those nerveless hands.
His country's pride and her abasement knell
The Man of England circled by the sands.



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