Religion
Gordon of Khartoum
From Poems — Volume 3
Religion
OF men he would have raised to light he fell:
In soul he conquered with those nerveless hands.
His country’s pride and her abasement knell
The Man of England circled by the sands.
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Meredith, George. “Gordon of Khartoum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/248/.
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Meredith, George. “Gordon of Khartoum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/248/.
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