Works. [Seven Seas Ed.], Volume 22Doubleday, Page, 1915 |
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Common terms and phrases
absent-minded beggar African kopje ain't Army be'ind beneath blind blood bloomin Bobs Boots-boots-boots-boots camp dark dead Diego Valdez Dives draw the wage dust dykes E'll eard Earth English eyes fathers feet fight files foes fought Gawd Good-bye-good luck guard guns hand hate hath hear heart horse Ikonas Japanese idol Kamakura King knew Lady land light look Lord Minden Mother movin neath never night Number o'er once Orse pay-pay peace Pharaoh plain price of admiralty pride Red Gods call round RUDYARD KIPLING sail Sergeant Whatisname six undred smoke snow SONG soul South Africa sword Table Bay tell thee There's no discharge things thou thousand Tom Hall trekkin True Thomas Trumpets Ubique means unto wait Ware shoal watch Wherefore Whistle Tip White Man's burden wind WISE CHILDREN women word
Popular passages
Page 169 - For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard, All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding, calls not Thee to guard — For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord!
Page 266 - There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And — every — single — one — of— them — is — right!
Page 206 - An' now the main eccentrics start their quarrel on the sheaves: Her time, her own appointed time, the rocking link-head bides, Till - hear that note? - the rod's return whings glimmerin" through the guides. They're all awa'! True beat, full power, the clangin' chorus goes Clear to the tunnel where they sit, my purrin
Page 168 - The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Page 58 - GOD gave all men all earth to love, But since our hearts are small, Ordained for each one spot should prove Beloved over all...
Page 44 - Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated — so: "Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look 'behind the Ranges — Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!
Page 338 - For to admire an' for to see, For to be' old this -world so wide — It never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if I tried!
Page 179 - We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town ; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down. Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
Page 292 - is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; An' what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took — the same as me ! The market-girls an' fishermen, The shepherds an' the sailors, too, They 'eard old songs turn up again, But kep' it quiet — same as you ! They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed. They didn't tell, nor make a fuss, But winked at 'Omer down the road, An' 'e winked back — the same as us ! 144 "BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN.
Page 341 - Peter, and Paul; They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at all! And only The Master shall praise us, and only The Master shall blame; And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame. But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are!