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A REBEL by John Gould Fletcher

May 16, 2010 by Every Writer

A REBEL

by John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950)

Tie a bandage over his eyes,
And at his feet
Let rifles drearily patter
Their death-prayers of defeat.

Throw a blanket over his body,
It need no longer stir;
Truth will but stand the stronger
For all who died for her.

Now he has broken through
To his own secret place;
Which, if we dared to do,
We would have no more power
left to look on that dead face.

Filed Under: 1800s Poetry, 1900s, War Poems

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