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Poem by Rudyard Kipling


«Epitaphs of the War». 1914-1918. 14. The Beginner


On the first hour of my first day 
    In the front trench I fell. 
(Children in boxes at a play
    Stand up to watch it well.)



Rudyard Kipling


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