John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Rudyard Kipling. (1865–1936) (continued) |
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A fool there was and he made his prayer (Even as you and I) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair (We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair. |
The Vampire. |
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The tumult and the shouting dies,— The Captains and the Kings depart,— Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. |
Recessional. |
8211 |
Lest we forget—lest we forget! |
Recessional. |
8212 |
Oh the road to Mandalay Where the flyin’-fishes play An’ the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ’crost the Bay! |
Mandalay. |
8213 |
Ship me somewhere east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ar’n’t no Ten Commandments an’ a man can raise a thirst. |
Mandalay. |
8214 |
Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat. |
Ballad of East and West. |
8215 |
It’s Tommy this an’ Tommy that an’ “Chuck ’im out, the brute,” But it’s “Savior of ’is country,” when the guns begin to shoot. |
Tommy. |
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Single men in barricks don’t grow into plaster saints. |
Tommy. |
8217 |
It’s clever, but is it art? |
The Conundrum of the Workshops. |
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They’ve taken of his buttons off an’ cut his stripes away An’ they’re hangin’ Danny Deever in the morning. |
Danny Deever. |