Departmental Ditties: Barrack-room Ballads and Other Verses ; The Five Nations ; The Seven SeasDoubleday, Page, 1925 - 639 páginas |
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... 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 . DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES ( 1885-1887 ) I PRELUDE HAVE eaten your AVE IMPERATRIX.
... 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 . DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES ( 1885-1887 ) I PRELUDE HAVE eaten your AVE IMPERATRIX.
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... Or ward the tulwar's downward blow . Strike hard who cares - shoot straight who can- The odds are on the cheaper man . One sword - knot stolen from the camp Will pay 75 Arithmetic on the Frontier A great and glorious thing it.
... Or ward the tulwar's downward blow . Strike hard who cares - shoot straight who can- The odds are on the cheaper man . One sword - knot stolen from the camp Will pay 75 Arithmetic on the Frontier A great and glorious thing it.
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... blowing , Bear thou our thanks lest she depart unknowing . Go forth across the fields we may not roam in , Go forth beyond the trees that rim the city To whatsoe'er fair place she hath her home in , Who dowered us with wealth of love ...
... blowing , Bear thou our thanks lest she depart unknowing . Go forth across the fields we may not roam in , Go forth beyond the trees that rim the city To whatsoe'er fair place she hath her home in , Who dowered us with wealth of love ...
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... Blow off , by obvious accident , The lucky owner's head , If you love me as I love you What can Life kill or Death undo ? So long as Death ' twixt dance and dance Chills best and bravest blood And drops the reckless rider down The ...
... Blow off , by obvious accident , The lucky owner's head , If you love me as I love you What can Life kill or Death undo ? So long as Death ' twixt dance and dance Chills best and bravest blood And drops the reckless rider down The ...
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... blowing chill , From the furrow of the ploughshare streams the fra- grance of the loam , And the hawk nests on the cliff - side and the jackdaw in the hill , And my heart is back in England ' mid the sights and sounds of Home . But the ...
... blowing chill , From the furrow of the ploughshare streams the fra- grance of the loam , And the hawk nests on the cliff - side and the jackdaw in the hill , And my heart is back in England ' mid the sights and sounds of Home . But the ...
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Departmental Ditties: Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses. the Five ... Rudyard Kipling,Charles Wolcott Balestier Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
Términos y frases comunes
absent-minded beggar ain't be'ind beggar belts beneath best go look Bisesa blood bloomin Blow BOH DA THONE breath bugle called Captain Clampherdown Colour-Sergeant Danny Deever dark dawn dead Death Delhi town Devil drunk Earth Er-Heb ere's eyes face feet files fire Flag of England fled ford Fuzzy-Wuzzy Gods guard Gunga Gunga Din guns hand hath head hear heard heart Hills honour jezail Johnnie Kabul river Kamakura King knew land loot Lord Mandalay mare mist neath never night o'er oont peace Peshawur plain pride Queen Red Horse road road to Mandalay row in Silver Scindia screw-guns Sergeant shoal smoke snow soldier soul sword Taman thee There's things thou to-day Tomlinson Tommy trail troopin true love turn Twas wait watched wheel White Man's burden Widow Widow at Windsor wind young young British soldier
Pasajes populares
Página 204 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
Página 264 - There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And — every — single — one — of— them — is — right!
Página 201 - ... Till he was aware of his father's mare with Kamal upon her back, And when he could spy the white of her eye, he made the pistol crack. He has fired once, he has fired twice, but the whistling ball went wide. 'Ye shoot like a soldier,
Página 166 - The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Página 339 - When earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died, We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it — lie down for an aeon or two, Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew.
Página 56 - GOD gave all men all earth to love, But since our hearts are small, Ordained for each one spot should prove Beloved over all...
Página 181 - Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay ! ' Come you back to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay: Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin from Rangoon to Mandalay? On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An...
Página 82 - A million surplus Maggies are willing to bear the yoke; And a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a Smoke.
Página 153 - ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan; You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin...
Página 183 - Come you back to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay: Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay? On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!