...series of Barrack Room Battads in " The Seven Seas ": '-' When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'card men sing by land an' sea ; An ! what he thought "e might require, 'E went and took—the same as me I t! Rudyard Kipling has helped himself variedly at the tables of art and...

...Barrack Room Ballads " section of " The Seven Seas " : When '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 ! Nor should one, if one could, forget the feast of rhythmical delight sandwiched between the more...

...subject several years ago, in the quaint lines beginning : When 'Omer smote 'is bloomm* lyre. He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea ; An' what he thought 'e might require, 'E went and took — the same as me I Pkgiarism, like a good many other things, is justified by results. Like...

...second section of the "Seven Seas." When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'card men sing by land and sea; An' what he thought 'e might require 'e went...sailors, too, They 'eard old songs turn up again, Hut kep' it quiet — same as you. They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed, They didn't tell, nor make...

...intelligently. Kipling's confession will comfort them: "When '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" They need practice in imitation and in parodies and they need to learn to distinguish between the...

...1892-1896 When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He 'd 'card men sing by land an' sea; An' what he thought V might require, 'E went an' took — the same as me! The market-girls ari> fishermen, The shepherds an' the sailors, too, They 'card old songs turn up again, But kep' it...

...Kipling makes his confession in the much-quoted lines : "When '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!" Shakespeare's writings are full of puns, jokes, and plays on words which, with slight modifications,...

...what was good enough for Homer answers for some of us. When 'Omer smote 'Is blooming lyre, He'd 'end men sing by land an' sea. An' what he thought 'e might require 'E went and took—the same as me. The market girls an' fishermen. The shepherds an' the nllors, too, They...

...sea; An' what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took—the same as me! The market-girls and 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...

...what had long been the majority opinion in such matters: When '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!22 Even in the heyday of imitatio as a compositional method, however, misgivings were voiced about...