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... Boots . The Married Man 347 • 349 351 352 354 Lichtenberg 356 · Stellenbosh 357 Half - Ballad of Waterval 359 Piet 360 " Wilful - Missing " 362 Ubique 364 The Return 365 THE FIRES MEN make them fires on the hearth Each CONTENTS ix.
... Boots . The Married Man 347 • 349 351 352 354 Lichtenberg 356 · Stellenbosh 357 Half - Ballad of Waterval 359 Piet 360 " Wilful - Missing " 362 Ubique 364 The Return 365 THE FIRES MEN make them fires on the hearth Each CONTENTS ix.
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... boots ! We bring no store of ingots , Of spice or precious stones , But that we have we gathered With sweat and aching bones : In flame beneath the tropics , In frost upon the floe , And jeopardy of every wind That does between them go ...
... boots ! We bring no store of ingots , Of spice or precious stones , But that we have we gathered With sweat and aching bones : In flame beneath the tropics , In frost upon the floe , And jeopardy of every wind That does between them go ...
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... boot - heels of " Crook " O'Neil . But ever a blight on their labours lay , And ever their quarry would vanish away , Till the sun - dried boys of the Black Tyrone Took a brotherly interest in Boh Da Thone : And , sooth , if pursuit in ...
... boot - heels of " Crook " O'Neil . But ever a blight on their labours lay , And ever their quarry would vanish away , Till the sun - dried boys of the Black Tyrone Took a brotherly interest in Boh Da Thone : And , sooth , if pursuit in ...
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... boot Till behind the fleeing legions rose the long , hoarse yell for loot . Then the oil - cloth with its numbers , like a banner fluttered free ; Then the grand piano cantered , on three castors , down the quay ; White , and breathing ...
... boot Till behind the fleeing legions rose the long , hoarse yell for loot . Then the oil - cloth with its numbers , like a banner fluttered free ; Then the grand piano cantered , on three castors , down the quay ; White , and breathing ...
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... boots in the public road , And Lord knows where , and I don't care , my belt and my tunic goed ; They'll stop my pay , they'll cut away the stripes I used to wear , But I left my mark on the Corp'ral's face , and I think he'll keep it ...
... boots in the public road , And Lord knows where , and I don't care , my belt and my tunic goed ; They'll stop my pay , they'll cut away the stripes I used to wear , But I left my mark on the Corp'ral's face , and I think he'll keep it ...
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Página 139 - 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...
Página 82 - 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!
Página 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!
Página 121 - GOD gave all men all earth to love, 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.
Página 126 - And what should they know of England who only England know? — The poor little street-bred people that vapour and fume and brag, They are lifting their heads in the stillness to yelp at the English Flag ! Must we borrow a clout from the Boer — to plaster anew with dirt?
Página 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.
Página 130 - And those that were good shall be happy: they shall sit in a golden chair...
Página 325 - For to admire an' for to see, For to be'old this world so wide — It never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if I tried...
Página 135 - Khan, the son of the Ressaldar, "If ye know the track of the morning-mist, ye know where his pickets are. At dusk he harries the Abazai — at dawn he is into Bonair, But he must go by Fort Bukloh to his own place to fare, So if ye gallop to Fort Bukloh as fast as a bird can fly, By the...
Página 326 - is wife (Not to mention the 'ousemaid an* cook), To come in an' 'ands up an' be still, An' honestly work for my bread, My livin' in that state of life To which it shall please God to call Me!