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Page ix
... Flag ' have appeared in the ' National Observer : Messrs . Macmillan and 6 Co. have kindly given me permission to repro- duce four ballads contributed to their Magazine , and I am indebted to the St. James Gazette for a like courtesy in ...
... Flag ' have appeared in the ' National Observer : Messrs . Macmillan and 6 Co. have kindly given me permission to repro- duce four ballads contributed to their Magazine , and I am indebted to the St. James Gazette for a like courtesy in ...
Page xiii
... FLAG Winds of the World , give answer ? They are whim- pering to and fro- , III ' CLEARED ' Help for a patriot distressed , a spotless spirit hurt , . 117 AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT Now this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser ...
... FLAG Winds of the World , give answer ? They are whim- pering to and fro- , III ' CLEARED ' Help for a patriot distressed , a spotless spirit hurt , . 117 AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT Now this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser ...
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... flag unrolled , When the big guns speak to the Khyber peak , and his dog - Heratis fly , Ye have heard the song - How long ? How long ? Wolves of the Abazai ! That night before the watch was set , when all the streets were clear , The ...
... flag unrolled , When the big guns speak to the Khyber peak , and his dog - Heratis fly , Ye have heard the song - How long ? How long ? Wolves of the Abazai ! That night before the watch was set , when all the streets were clear , The ...
Page 57
... rode off Finisterre . " There were canvas blinds to his bow - gun ports to screen the weight he bore ' And the signals ran for a merchantman from Sandy Hook to the Nore . ' He would not fly the Rovers ' flag - THE THREE CAPTAINS 57.
... rode off Finisterre . " There were canvas blinds to his bow - gun ports to screen the weight he bore ' And the signals ran for a merchantman from Sandy Hook to the Nore . ' He would not fly the Rovers ' flag - THE THREE CAPTAINS 57.
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Rudyard Kipling. ' He would not fly the Rovers ' flag - the bloody or the black , ' But now he floated the Gridiron and now he flaunted the Jack . ' He spoke of the Law as he crimped my crew - he swore it was only a loan ; ' But when I ...
Rudyard Kipling. ' He would not fly the Rovers ' flag - the bloody or the black , ' But now he floated the Gridiron and now he flaunted the Jack . ' He spoke of the Law as he crimped my crew - he swore it was only a loan ; ' But when I ...
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