KIPLING AND NEUTRALS
In the new ;ailume of Mr. Kipling's poems, entitled "Sea Warfare," published by Macmillan, London, appear the following verses: — Brethren, how shall it fare with me When the war is laid aside, If it he proven that I am he For whom a world has died? If ifc be proven that all my cood, And tho greater eood I will make, Were purchased for me by a multitude Who suffered for my sake? That I was delivered by mere mankind, J ~ Vowed to' one sacrifice, '• And not, as I hold them, battleblind. But dyhi£ with opened eyes? That they did not, ask me to draw the sword Whpi) the; , s'.ood to endure their lot. That they only looked to me for a word, And I answered I blew them not? If ifc lie found when ths bai tin clears Their death lias set me free, TJi?n how s'ib.l! T live with myself thro , the vears ,' Which they have bought for me? I Brethren, bow must ifc fare with me, I Or how am I iustified, ! If ifc be proven that lam lie For whom mankind has denied; If ifc be proven that I am he Who beina questioned denied?
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3027, 14 March 1917, Page 8
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202KIPLING AND NEUTRALS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3027, 14 March 1917, Page 8
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