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ain't be'ind beggar beneath Bisesa blind blood bloomin blow breath Captain clear Colour-Sergeant Danny Deever dark dawn dead death Delhi town Devil drunk earth English Er-Heb Evarra eyes fathers fear feet fight files fire Flag of England ford fought Fuzzy-Wuzzy Gawd give Gods grey guard Gunga Din guns hand hast hath head hear heard heart hold honour Johnnie Kabul river Kamakura King knew land light look loot Lord mist mother never night o'er oont peace Peshawur plain port pride Queen Red Horse road road to Mandalay round sail Sergeant shame smoke Snarleyow snow soldier song soul South sword talk Taman thee There's things thou Tom Hall Tommy trail True Thomas turn wait Ware shoal watch whisper White Man's burden Widow at Windsor wind word
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Page 217 - Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart.
Page 134 - 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!
Page 284 - 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...
Page 84 - Keep ye the Law — be swift in all obedience — Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown ; By the peace among Our peoples let men know we serve the Lord!
Page 262 - For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' 'Chuck him out, the brute ! ' But it's 'Saviour of 'is country,' when the guns begin to shoot; Yes it's Tommy this, an...
Page 137 - Ye have taken the one from a foe," said he; "will ye take the mate from a friend?" "A gift for a gift," said Kamal straight; "a limb for the risk of a limb. Thy father has sent his son to me, I'll send my son to him!
Page 262 - Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?" But it's " Thin red line of 'eroes " when the drums begin to roll, The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll, O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
Page 264 - E rushes at the smoke when we let drive, An', before we know, 'e's 'ackin' at our 'ead ; 'E's all 'ot sand an' ginger when alive, An' 'e's generally shammin
Page 121 - But since our hearts are small, Ordained for each one spot should prove Beloved over all; That, as He watched Creation's birth, So we, in godlike mood, May of our love create our earth And see that it is good.
Page 198 - Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, We have had no end of a lesson : it will do us no end of good.