<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Epitaph for the Unknown Soldier</h1><p class="byline"> ANNETTE KOHN <br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><span class="smallcaps">IN The Washington Star</span><br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/>Permission to reproduce in this book</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line">WITHIN this nation-hallowed tomb </p><p class="line">An unknown soldier lies asleep, </p><p class="line">Symbolic comrade of all those </p><p class="line">Who, on the land, on sea, in air, </p><p class="line">In that red death across the seas, </p><p class="line">Sealed with their blood the sacred truths </p><p class="line">For which our country ever stands: </p><p class="line">That righteousness is all the law--</p><p class="line">That justice is true government--</p><p class="line">Man's liberty the gift of God. </p><p class="line">In memory of the faith they kept, </p><p class="line">Here through the ages all the land </p><p class="line">As honor guard on watch will stand!</p></div></body></html> · Great War