The Years Between

THE YEARS BETWEEN

BOOKS BY RUDYARD KIPLING

ACTIONS AND REACTIONS
BRUSHWOOD BOY, THE
CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
COLLECTED VERSE
DAY'S WORK, THE
DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES
AND BALLADS AND BAR-
RACK-ROOM BALLADS
DIVERSITY OF CREATURES,
A

EYES OF ASIA, THE
FIVE NATIONS, THE
FRANCE AT WAR
HISTORY OF ENGLAND, A
JUNGLE BOOK, THE
JUNGLE BOOK, SECOND
JUST SO SONG BOOK
JUST SO STORIES
KIM

KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW

KIPLING BIRTHDAY BOOK, THE

LIFE'S HANDICAP: BEING STORIES OF MINE OWN PEOPLE

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The Years Between

By Rudyard Kipling

NEW YORK

GARDEN CITY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

22415.7.50

A

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
JAN 15 1960

Copyright, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 By RUDYARD KIPLING

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

TO THE SEVEN WATCHMEN

Seven watchmen sitting in a tower,

Watching what had come upon mankind, Showed the Man the Glory and the Power,

And bade him shape the Kingdom to his mind.

'All things on Earth your will shall win you.'

('Twas so their counsel ran)

'But the Kingdom-the Kingdom is within you,' Said the Man's own mind to the Man. For time, and some time

As it was in the bitter years before

So it shall be in the over-sweetened hourThat a man's mind is wont to tell him more Than Seven Watchmen sitting in a tower.

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