Rebel Verses

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1 id="booktitle">REBEL VERSES</h1> <p class="h4">BY</p> <p class="h2">BERNARD GILBERT</p> <h2><SPAN name="The_Rebel" id="The_Rebel"></SPAN>The Rebel</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I live in music, in poetry, and in the life reflective.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I seek intellectual boldness in man, I worship mental swiftness in women.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I have no love for lawyers, priests, schoolmasters, or any dogmatic men.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I am with poor against rich, labour against employer, women against men; I fight beside all strikers, mutineers, and rebels.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I welcome foes; I desire criticism.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I loathe prejudice, either social or national; I repudiate all claims.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I demand freedom of action and leisure for reflection.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Facing Death, I would say: 'I have tasted all, tried all, dared all, suffered all, and I repent nothing.'<br/></span> <span class="pagenum">[2]</span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />