Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). Verse: 1885–1918. 1922.
The Service Man
(Boer War, 1899)
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But now that it is o’er
You shall be called The Service Man
’Enceforward, evermore.
Defaulter, Army-corps—
From first to last, The Service Man
’Enceforward, evermore.
From York to Singapore—
’Orse, foot, an’ guns, The Service Man
’Enceforward, evermore!