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Poem by Rudyard Kipling


«Epitaphs of the War». 1914-1918. 3. A Son


My son was killed while laughing at some jest.    I would I knew 
What it was, and it might serve me in a time when jests are few.



Rudyard Kipling


Rudyard Kipling's other poems:
  1. After the Fever
  2. Quaeritur
  3. Resolve
  4. Job’s Wife
  5. The Land


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