American Poetry 1922/A Rebel

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American Poetry 1922 A Rebel by John Gould Fletcher

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JOHN GOULD FLETCHER

A REBEL

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.

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