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" 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! "
The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling: Verses, 1889-1896 (1897) - Page 354
by Rudyard Kipling - 1897
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New Outlook, Volume 61

1899 - 998 pages
...into the picture — pleasant and unpleasant together. For to admire an' for to see, For to behold this world so wide — It never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if I tried ! It had become the fashion to associate " realism " with what was depressing and often disgusting....
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The Harvard Monthly, Volumes 25-26

1897 - 418 pages
...say the things I feel, But still I sing my evenin' song : For to admire and 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 ! " All men, but especially the men of simple nature, about whom Mr. Kipling likes to write, have a...
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The Seven Seas

Rudyard Kipling - 1896 - 230 pages
...sings, ' ' Hum deckty hai I For to admire an' for to see, For to be' old this world so wide — // never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if I...women laugh an' talk, I spy upon the quarter-deck The officers an' lydies walk. * " I'm looking out." 206 Jor to &bmire. I thinks about the things that was,...
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The Works of Rudyard Kipling ...

Rudyard Kipling - 1896 - 228 pages
...bugle's gone for smoke an' play; An' black ag'in' the settin' sun The Lascar sings, ' ' Hum dechty hai I For to admire an' for to see, For to be' old this...It never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if '. tried I \ see the sergeants pitchin' quoits, I 'ear the women laugh an' talk, I spy upon the quarter-deck...
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The Seven Seas

Rudyard Kipling - 1896 - 238 pages
...Excep' the jiggle from the screw. The ship is swep', the day is done, The bugle's gone for smoke an' play; An' black ag'in' the settin' sun The Lascar...an' for to see, For to be' old this world so wide — // never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if I tried I I see the sergeants pitchin' quoits,...
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The Seven Seas

Rudyard Kipling - 1896 - 228 pages
...ag'in' the settin' sun The Lascar sings, " Hum deckty hail 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 ! tried I \ see the sergeants pitchin' quoits, I 'ear the women laugh an' talk, I spy upon the quarter-deck...
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The Seven Seas

Rudyard Kipling - 1896 - 242 pages
...bugle's gone for smoke an' play; An' black ag'in' the settin' sun The Lascar sings, " Hum dechty hail For to admire an' for to see, For to be' old this world so wide — // never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if I tried I I see the sergeants pitchin' quoits,...
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The Seven Seas

Rudyard Kipling - 1896 - 232 pages
...sings, " Hum deckty haiI "* For to admire an' for to see, For to be' old this world so wide — // never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if ! tried I I see the sergeants pitchin' quoits, I 'ear the women laugh an' talk, I spy upon the quarter-deck...
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The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling: Verses, 1889-1896

Rudyard Kipling - 1909 - 402 pages
...Down the road 'e led you there is no returnin' (Mary, pity women! ), but you're late in learniri I You'd like to treat me fair? You can't, because we're...an' for to see, For to be' old this world so wide — // never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if I tried ! I see the sergeants pitchin' quoits,...
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Monthly Bulletin

1897 - 568 pages
...wedding; let us sail the Seven Seas and feel a little of what the song expresses : " For to admire and for to see For to be old this world so wide — It never done no good to ine. Bat I can't drop it if I tried." EDWARD HATKS. RED TAPE IN FOREIGN LIBRARIES. THE Pratt Institute...
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