Death & Dying
Epitaph on General Gordon
From Tiresias and Other Poems (1885)
Death & Dying
WARRIOR of God, man's friend, and tyrant's foe,
Now somewhere dead far in the waste Soudan,
Thou livest in all hearts, for all men know
This earth has never borne a nobler man.
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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Epitaph on General Gordon.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/401/.
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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Epitaph on General Gordon.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/401/.
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