| Автор: | Киплинг Д. Р. |
| Категория: | Стихотворение |
THE REBEL
| If I had clamoured at Thy Gate |
| For gift of Life on Earth, |
| And, thrusting through the souls that wait, |
| Flung headlong into birth - |
| Even then, even then, for gin and snare |
| About my pathway spread, |
| Lord, I had mocked Thy thoughtful care |
| Before I joined the Dead! |
| Ere yet the Planets came. |
| And now - though Planets pass, I stand |
| The witness to Thy shame! |