Religion
The Vanquished Knight
From New Poems (1918)
Religion
I HAVE left all upon the shameful field,
Honour and Hope, my God, and all but life;
Spurless, with sword reversed and dinted shield,
Degraded and disgraced, I leave the strife.
From him that hath not, shall there not be taken
E’en that he hath, when he deserts the strife?
Life left by all life’s benefits forsaken,
O keep the promise, Lord, and take the life.
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MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “The Vanquished Knight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/160/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “The Vanquished Knight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/160/.
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