The Years Between

THE YEARS BETWEEN

BOOKS BY RUDYARD KIPLING

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LIGHT THAT FAILED, THE
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HILLS

PUCK OF POOK'S HILL
REWARDS AND FAIRIES
SEA TO SEA, FROM

SEA WARFARE
SEVEN SEAS, THE
SOLDIER STORIES
SOLDIERS THREE, THE

STORY OF THE GADSBYS,
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The Years Between

By Rudyard Kipling

GARDEN CITY

NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

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

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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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