Departmental Ditties: Barrack-room Ballads and Other Verses ; The Five Nations ; The Seven SeasDoubleday, Page, 1925 - 639 էջ |
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... feet up , with mire ; And , for twenty reeking minutes , Sir , my very marrow froze , While the trunk was feeling blindly for a purchase on my toes ! It missed me by a fraction , but my hair was turning gray Before they called the ...
... feet up , with mire ; And , for twenty reeking minutes , Sir , my very marrow froze , While the trunk was feeling blindly for a purchase on my toes ! It missed me by a fraction , but my hair was turning gray Before they called the ...
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... feet . They walk beside Her ' rickshaw - wheels- None ever walk by mine ; And that's because I'm seventeen And She is forty - nine . She rides with half a dozen men ( She calls them ' boys ' and ' mashers ' ) , I trot along the Mall ...
... feet . They walk beside Her ' rickshaw - wheels- None ever walk by mine ; And that's because I'm seventeen And She is forty - nine . She rides with half a dozen men ( She calls them ' boys ' and ' mashers ' ) , I trot along the Mall ...
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... feet , strains the brawny brown chest . From rail to ravine - to the peak from the vale- Up , up through the night goes the Overland Mail . There's a speck on the hill - side , a dot on the road- A jingle of bells on the foot - path ...
... feet , strains the brawny brown chest . From rail to ravine - to the peak from the vale- Up , up through the night goes the Overland Mail . There's a speck on the hill - side , a dot on the road- A jingle of bells on the foot - path ...
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... feet . Haste , for our hearts are with thee , take no rest ! Loud - voiced ambassador , from sea to sea Proclaim the blessing , manifold , confest , Of those in darkness by her hand set free , Then very softly to her presence move , And ...
... feet . Haste , for our hearts are with thee , take no rest ! Loud - voiced ambassador , from sea to sea Proclaim the blessing , manifold , confest , Of those in darkness by her hand set free , Then very softly to her presence move , And ...
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... feet , our voices low ; And we revolved to divers melodies , And we were happy but a year ago . To - night , the moon that watched our lightsome wiles- That beamed upon us through the deodars- Is wan with gazing on official files , And ...
... feet , our voices low ; And we revolved to divers melodies , And we were happy but a year ago . To - night , the moon that watched our lightsome wiles- That beamed upon us through the deodars- Is wan with gazing on official files , And ...
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Departmental ditties: Barrack-room ballads and other verses. The five ... Rudyard Kipling Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1903 |
Departmental ditties: Barrack-room ballads and other verses. The five ... Rudyard Kipling Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1903 |
Common terms and phrases
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
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Էջ 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!
Էջ 264 - There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And — every — single — one — of— them — is — right!
Էջ 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,
Էջ 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!
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 153 - ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan; You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin...
Էջ 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!