(Mat. Prior)
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Jelaludin Muhammed Akbar, Guardi… Moved his standards out of Delhi… Where a mosque was to be builded,… And Munim Khan, his Viceroy, sli… High as Hope upsheered her out—wo…
’AVE you ’eard o’ the Widow at W… With a hairy gold crown on ’er ’ea… She ’as ships on the foam—she ’as… An’ she pays us poor beggars in re… (Ow, poor beggars in red!)
THEY shall not return to us, the… The eager and whole—hearted whom w… But the men who left them thriftil… Shall they come with years and hon… They shall not return to us; the s…
HEH! Walk her round. Heave, ah h… Over, snatch her over, there, and… Loose all sail, and brace your yar… Ready jib to pay her off and heave… Well, ah fare you well; we can sta…
A GREAT and glorious thing it i… To learn, for seven years or so, The Lord knows what of that and t… Ere reckoned fit to face the foe — The flying bullet down the Pass,
Yearly, with tent and rifle, our c… By the Pass called Muttianee, to… Yearly by Muttianee he follows ou… Matun, the old blind beggar, banda… Eyeless, noseless, and lipless —to…
Our sister sayeth such and such, And we must bow to her behests. Our sister toileth overmuch, Our little maid that hath no breas… A field untilled, a web unwove,
IT IS always a temptation to an… To call upon a neighbour and to sa… “We invaded you last night– we are… Unless you pay us cash to go away.… And that is called asking for Dan…
(Herrick) Since ye distemper and defile Sweet Here by the measured mile, Nor aught on jocund highways heed Except the evidence of speed;
ONE moment past our bodies cast No shadow on the plain; Now clear and black they stride ou… And we run home again. In morning—hush, each rock and bus…
OH, glorious are the guarded heig… Where guardian souls abide— Self—exiled from our gross delight… Above, beyond, outside: An ampler arc their spirit swings—
KING Solomon drew merchantmen, Because of his desire For peacocks, apes, and ivory, From Tarshish unto Tyre, With cedars out of Lebanon
WE’VE FOUGHT with many men ac… An’ some of 'em was brave an’ some… The Paythan an’ the Zulu an’ Bur… But the Fuzzy was the finest o’ t… We never got a ha’porth’s change o…
JACK BARRETT went to Quetta Because they told him to. He left his wife at Simla On three-fourths his monthly screw… Jack Barrett died at Quetta
I do not look for holy saints to g… Or male and female devilkins to le… If these are added I rejoice - if… So long as I have leave and choic… For as we come and as we go (and d…