Friday, January 3, 2003

Gethsemane Comments

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1914-18


The Garden called Gethsemane
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Rudyard Kipling
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Michael Walker 28 October 2019

Some very good biblical allusions in this poem-Gethsemane, where Christ suffered before the crucifixion; He also prayed that his cup might pass. It did not. This is woven in with the English soldier in Picardy, who loves a lass, but his cup of death will not pass either. A virtuoso poem.

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