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1865–1936

A DEAD STATESMAN

Rudyard Kipling

I could not dig; I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. Now all my lies are proved untrue, And I must face the men I slew.

What tale shall save me here among Mine angry and defrauded young?

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