The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling: Early verse (1900)

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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900

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Strana 135 - There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto...
Strana 228 - Will it see me safe through my journey or leave me bogged in the mire? Since a puff of tobacco can cloud it, shall I follow the fitful fire? Open the old cigar-box — let me consider anew — Old friends, and who is Maggie that I should abandon you? A million surplus Maggies are willing to bear the yoke ; And a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a Smoke.
Strana 276 - Yet they talk of times and seasons and of woe the years bring forth, Of our galley swamped and shattered in the rollers of the North. When the niggers break the hatches and the decks are gay with gore, And a craven-hearted pilot crams her crashing on the shore. She will need no half-mast signal, minute-gun, or rocketflare, When the cry for help goes seaward, she will find her servants there.
Strana 124 - I have eaten your bread and salt, I have drunk your water and wine; The deaths ye died I have watched beside, And the lives that ye led were mine. Was there aught that I did not share In vigil or toil or ease,— One joy or woe that I did not know, Dear hearts across the seas? I have written the tale of our life For a sheltered people's mirth, In jesting guise — but ye are wise, And ye know what the jest is worth.
Strana 215 - A scrimmage in a Border Station A canter down some dark defile Two thousand pounds of education Drops to a ten-rupee jezail The Crammer's boast, the Squadron's pride, Shot like a rabbit in a ride!
Strana 174 - The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth-point goes ; The butterfly upon the road Preaches contentment to that toad.
Strana 126 - Cheops' pyramid Was that the contractor did Cheops out of several millions? Or that Joseph's sudden rise To Comptroller of Supplies Was a fraud of monstrous size On King Pharaoh's swart Civilians?
Strana 56 - And all are bred to do Your will By land and sea — wherever flies The Flag to fight and follow still, And work Your Empire's destinies. Once more we greet You, though unseen Our greeting be, and coming slow. Trust us if need arise, O Queen ; We shall not tarry with the blow...
Strana 225 - Open the old cigar-box — let me consider a space; In the soft blue veil of the vapour musing on Maggie's face.
Strana 241 - neath the white and scarlet berry— What part have India's exiles in their mirth? Full day behind the tamarisks— the sky is blue and staring— As the cattle...

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