Friday, January 3, 2003

Old Fighting-Men Comments

Rating: ★2.8

All the world over, nursing their scars,
Sit the old fighting-men broke in the wars--
Sit the old fighting-men, surly and grim
Mocking the lilt of the conquerors' hymn.
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Rudyard Kipling
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P. Mason 13 December 2016

Any who have felt the heat of combat, the fear, the exileration will appreciate this poem. I know I did!

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Michael Dangerfield 14 May 2015

Incredible well worth the effort and time to read

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