Poem by Rudyard Kipling

«Epitaphs of the War». 1914-1918. 19. The Sleepy Sentinel

Faithless the watch that I kept: now I have none to keep.
I was slain because I slept: now I am slain I sleep.
Let no man reproach me again, whatever watch is unkept—	
I sleep because I am slain. They slew me because I slept.

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2. The First Chantey
3. The Wishing Caps
4. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 1. The Changelings
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