Rudyard Kipling
I think I love him. From his Epitaphs of the War:THE SLEEPY SENTINEL
Faithless the watch that I kept: now I have none to keep.
I was slain because I slept: now I am slain I sleep.
Let no man reproach me again; whatever watch is unkept-
I sleep because I am slain. They slew me because I slept.
BOMBED IN LONDON
On land and sea I strove with anxious care
To escape conscription. It was in the air!
BATTERIES OUT OF AMMUNITION
If any mourn us in the workshop, say
We died because the shift kept holiday.
I'm going to have to read more from this man.
Faithless the watch that I kept: now I have none to keep.
I was slain because I slept: now I am slain I sleep.
Let no man reproach me again; whatever watch is unkept-
I sleep because I am slain. They slew me because I slept.
BOMBED IN LONDON
On land and sea I strove with anxious care
To escape conscription. It was in the air!
BATTERIES OUT OF AMMUNITION
If any mourn us in the workshop, say
We died because the shift kept holiday.
I'm going to have to read more from this man.