Poem by Rudyard Kipling

«Epitaphs of the War». 1914-1918. 29. Raped and Revenged

One used and butchered me: another spied 
Me broken—for which thing an hundred died. 
So it was learned among the heathen hosts 
How much a freeborn woman’s favour costs.

1. A Nativity
2. The First Chantey
3. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 1. The Changelings
4. The Wishing Caps
5. The Declaration of London

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