John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8223 Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8223 |
| AUTHOR: | Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) |
| QUOTATION: | When ’Omer smote ’is blooming lyre, He’d ’eard men sing by land an’ sea; An’ what he thought ’e might require, ’E went an’ took—the same as we! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Barrack-Room Ballads. Introduction. |