“Take of English earth as much
As either hand may rightly clutch.
In the taking of it breathe
Prayer for all who lie beneath.”

— Rudyard Kipling

Epitaphs of the War, Stanza 1.
Rewards and Fairies http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/RewardsFaries/index.html (1910)

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English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865–1936

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“Take of English earth as muchAs either hand may rightly clutch.In the taking of it breathePrayer for all who lie beneath.”

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“Take of English earth as much
As either hand may rightly clutch.
In the taking of it breathe
Prayer for all who lie beneath.”