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.






English Poetry - http://www.eng-poetry.ru/english/index.php. E-mail eng-poetry.ru@yandex.ru