Yet at the last, ere our spearmen had found him,
Yet at the last, ere a sword-thrust could save,
Yet at the last, with his masters around him,
He spoke of the Faith as a master to slave.
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It is much less disconcerting to read a short poem by Kipling, a fine elegy. When this Muslim died ', He called on Allah, and died a Believer! '.