Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
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Text from item: To France--Chivalrous enemy and steadfast friend. "Proved beyond the need of proof, matched in every clime, o companion, we have lived greatly through all time!" "We were schooled for dear life's sake, to know each other's blade. What can blood and iron make more than we have made? We have learned by keenest use to know each other's mind. What shall blood and iron loose that we cannot bind? We sho swept each other's coast, sacked each other's home, Since the sword of Brennus clashed on the scales at Rome, Listen, count and close again, wheeling girth to girth, In the linked and steadfast guard set for peace on earth!" Rudyard Kipling. Verse from Mr. Rudyard Kipling's "France," by courtesy of the author. Painting by A. C. Michael. Photogravure supplement, General Sir Douglas Haig.
