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<div id="content-filters" class="clearfix"> <div class="col-sm-offset-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 no-padding"> <span><span class="sort"><strong>Sort:</strong><span class="rc3 s">Popular</span><a href="genre.php?genre=Death&o=2" class="rc3">Score</a><a href="genre.php?genre=Death&o=1" class="rc3">A - Z</a></span></span> </div> </div> <div class="tdata-ext"> <table class="tdata"><colgroup><col style="width: 200px;"><col style="width: 340px;"><col style="width: 100px;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/33442/the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings">The Gods Of The Copybook Headings</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Rudyard+Kipling"><i>Rudyard Kipling</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/33442/the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings">As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,<br /> I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place.<br /> Peering through reverent fingers I...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 25,171 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="33442" data-title="the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/33606/the-white-man's-burden">The White Man's Burden</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Rudyard+Kipling"><i>Rudyard Kipling</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/33606/the-white-man's-burden">Take up the White man's burden --<br>  Send forth the best ye breed --<br /> Go bind your sons to exile<br>  To serve your captives' need;<br /> To wait in heavy harness<br> ...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 24,266 views</div><div><br><span 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href="/poem/184934/the-unknown-soldier">The Unknown Soldier</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/David+Reilly"><i>David Reilly</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/184934/the-unknown-soldier">The Unknown Soldier<br /> <br /> I am the Unknown Soldier and you’re standing on my grave<br /> but please don't confuse me with one considered brave.<br /> I was eighteen...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 12,689 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="184934" data-title="the-unknown-soldier" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/33613/the-young-british-soldier">The Young British Soldier</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Rudyard+Kipling"><i>Rudyard Kipling</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/33613/the-young-british-soldier">When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East<br /> 'E acts like a babe an' 'e drinks like a beast,<br /> An' 'e wonders because 'e is frequent deceased<br>  Ere...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 9,487 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="33613" data-title="the-young-british-soldier" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/208825/the-calming-storm">The Calming Storm</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Guy+Albert"><i>Guy Albert</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/208825/the-calming-storm">I missed you<br /> <br> Ever so quietly<br /> I played our memories on repeat<br /> <br> To be able to share some excitement<br /> Or even an argument with you<br /> <br> Would be a blessing<br /> ...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 8,890 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="208825" data-title="the-calming-storm" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/123962/taxi-man">Taxi man</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Peter+Huang"><i>Peter Huang</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/123962/taxi-man">road i cannot drive on<br /> the apartment cannot prolong<br /> <br /> the tires forever enveloped, <br /> and the enginge rusted in the <br /> molden insides of the blizzard....</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 7,977 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="123962" data-title="taxi-man" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/33479/the-law-of-the-jungle">The Law of the Jungle</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Rudyard+Kipling"><i>Rudyard Kipling</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/33479/the-law-of-the-jungle">Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 7,671 views</div><div><br><span 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S. Eliot</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/114806/the-hollow-men">I<br /> We are the hollow men<br /> We are the stuffed men<br /> Leaning together<br /> Headpiece filled with straw. 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