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Me the Sea - captain loved , the River built , Wealth sought and Kings adventured
life to hold . Hail , England ! I am Asia — Power on silt , Death in my hands , but
Gold ! Madras . Clive kissed me on the mouth and eyes A Song of the English . II.
Me the Sea - captain loved , the River built , Wealth sought and Kings adventured
life to hold . Hail , England ! I am Asia — Power on silt , Death in my hands , but
Gold ! Madras . Clive kissed me on the mouth and eyes A Song of the English . II.
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Pure Wisdom hath no certain path That lacks thy morning - eyne , And captains
bold by Thee controlled Most like to Gods design ; Thou art the Voice to kingly
boys To lift them through the fight , And Comfortress of Unsuccess , To give the
dead ...
Pure Wisdom hath no certain path That lacks thy morning - eyne , And captains
bold by Thee controlled Most like to Gods design ; Thou art the Voice to kingly
boys To lift them through the fight , And Comfortress of Unsuccess , To give the
dead ...
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When the Jews had a fight at the foot of an ' ill , Young Joshua ordered the sun to
stand still , For he was a Captain of Engineers , etc . When the Children of Israel
made bricks without straw , They were learnin ' the regular work of our Corps ...
When the Jews had a fight at the foot of an ' ill , Young Joshua ordered the sun to
stand still , For he was a Captain of Engineers , etc . When the Children of Israel
made bricks without straw , They were learnin ' the regular work of our Corps ...
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Twould make a monkey cough to see our way o ' doin ' thingsLieutenants takin '
companies an ' captains takin ' wings , An ' Lances actin ' Sergeants - eight file to
obey — For we ' ve lot ' s o ' quick promotion on ten deaths a day ! Our Colonel ...
Twould make a monkey cough to see our way o ' doin ' thingsLieutenants takin '
companies an ' captains takin ' wings , An ' Lances actin ' Sergeants - eight file to
obey — For we ' ve lot ' s o ' quick promotion on ten deaths a day ! Our Colonel ...
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But the Captain ' ad ' is jacket , an ' the jacket it was new( ' Orse - Gunners , listen
to my song ! ) An ' the wettin ' of the jacket is the proper thing to do , Nor we didn ' t
keep ' im waiting very long ! One day they give us orders for to shell a sand ...
But the Captain ' ad ' is jacket , an ' the jacket it was new( ' Orse - Gunners , listen
to my song ! ) An ' the wettin ' of the jacket is the proper thing to do , Nor we didn ' t
keep ' im waiting very long ! One day they give us orders for to shell a sand ...
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Página 141 - e might require, 'E went an' took — the same as me! The market-girls an fishermen, The shepherds an' the sailors, too, They 'eard old songs turn up again, But kep' it quiet — same as you! They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed. They didn't tell, nor make a fuss, But winked at 'Omer down the road, An' 'e winked back — the same as us!
Página 21 - Loud sang the souls of the jolly, jolly mariners, Plucking at their harps, and they plucked unhandily : ' Our thumbs are rough and tarred, And the tune is something hard — May we lift a Deepsea Chantey such as seamen use at sea?
Página 141 - Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; An what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took — the same as me I The market-girls an' fishermen, The shepherds an
Página 75 - And the tunes that mean so much to you alone Common tunes that make you choke and blow your nose Vulgar tunes that bring the laugh that brings the groan I can rip your very heartstrings out with those...
Página 169 - Oogli, Shy as a girl to begin; Aggie de Castrer she made me, An' Aggie was clever as sin; Older than me, but my first un— More like a mother she were— Showed me the way to promotion an' pay, An' I learned about women from 'er!
Página 6 - The wrecks dissolve above us ; their dust drops down from afar — Down to the dark, to the utter dark, where the blind white sea-snakes are There is no sound, no echo of sound, in the deserts of the deep, Or the great grey level plains of ooze where the shell-burred cables creep.
Página 121 - The cynic devil in his blood That bids him mock his hurrying soul; That bids him flout the Law he makes, That bids him make the Law he flouts...