The Autobiography of a Military Great Coat: Being a Story of the 1st Norfolk Volunteer Active Service Company, 1900-1Jarrold, 1907 - 424 pages |
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Page 97 - Take up the White Man's burden — Ye dare not stoop to less — Nor call too loud on Freedom To cloak your weariness; By all ye cry or whisper, By all ye leave or do, The silent, sullen peoples Shall weigh your Gods and you.