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1865–1936

PELICANS IN THE WILDERNESS

Rudyard Kipling

The blown sand heaps on me, that none may learn Where I am laid for whom my children grieve.... O wings that beat at dawning, ye return Out of the desert to your young at eve!

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PELICANS IN THE WILDERNESS · Rudyard Kipling · Poetry Cove