The Enlisted Man
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Title
The Enlisted Man
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Description
From STEPS
Yelled Corporal Punishment at Private Reasons:
'Rebels like you have no right to enlist---
Or to exist!'
Major Considerations leered approval,
Clenching his fist,
And gave his fierce moustache a fiercer twist.
So no appeal, even to General Conscience,
Kept Private Reasons' name off the defaulter-list.
Yelled Corporal Punishment at Private Reasons:
'Rebels like you have no right to enlist---
Or to exist!'
Major Considerations leered approval,
Clenching his fist,
And gave his fierce moustache a fiercer twist.
So no appeal, even to General Conscience,
Kept Private Reasons' name off the defaulter-list.
Identifier
3416.txt
Creator
Graves, Robert (1895-1985)
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Date
(1995, 1997, 1999)
Date Created
1997-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1999-12-31
Type
Poem
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
