Rudyard Kipling? Or another poet?

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I'm trying to discover who wrote this poem - the idea of it remains with me, but I can't even recall the exact wording. It had a strong pacifist leaning, I think it was referring to the Boer war, and the final lines were along the gist of, "it doesn't matter if they are in the right and we are in the wrong - we have the mach gun and they do not". It was extremely poignant and critical of the 'empire' - do you know a poem like this? Was it Rudyard Kipling? Or someone else? If you know the name of this poem, you'll make my day!

Update:

Thanks for your three replies :) Well, I still haven't found the poem I'm searching for ... but "If" is beautiful, true. I'll keep searching, maybe one day I'll again come across this poem I'm looking for ...

Thanks again for your positive conversation and feedback :)

Dana A · Accepted Answer

Rudyard Kipling was not really a pacifist, but he did often write about military in his poems and his books.  I have found a complete alphabetical listing of his poems at the link below, but a search on google and yahoo with the keywords you described didn't come up with anything.

I have read (and much enjoy) "If" but it doesn't sound at all like the poem you're talking about.

Sorry I couldn't be of any more help.

Dana

garyr_h · Answer

You might be talking about the poem "If--" which is by Rudyard Kipling. The poem was about the Boer war and sort of states what you were saying in an indirect light.

craysha · Answer

its definetly rudyard

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