In Error Poem by Rudyard Kipling

In Error

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They burnt a corpse upon the sand--
The light shone out afar;
It guided home the plunging dhows
That beat from Zanzibar.
Spirit of Fire, where'er Thy altars rise,
Thou art the Light of Guidance to our eyes!

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Mr.Scotty Williams 18 December 2020

Readersdigest held an poetry awards contest around 1988 or 1989 or 1990 at the Washington, D.C. Washington Hilten Hotle the first place poem was my poem and Im trying to obtain a copy of it is there any way that I could be help in this area

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Abhijit mulik 20 September 2018

Nice poem............

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 03 October 2017

The light shone out afar; It guided home the plunging dhows Beautiful poem, thanks poet.

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M Sagnik Das 21 May 2017

nice poem...................

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