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... Father's praise . ' Tis theirs to sweep through the ringing deep where Azrael's outposts are , Or buffet a path through the Pit's red wrath when God goes out to war , Or hang with the reckless Seraphim on the rein of a red- maned star ...
... Father's praise . ' Tis theirs to sweep through the ringing deep where Azrael's outposts are , Or buffet a path through the Pit's red wrath when God goes out to war , Or hang with the reckless Seraphim on the rein of a red- maned star ...
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... father's mare in the gut of the Tongue of Jagai , Till he was aware of his father's mare with Kamal upon her back , And when he could spy the white of her eye , he made the pistol crack . He has fired once , he has fired twice , but the ...
... father's mare in the gut of the Tongue of Jagai , Till he was aware of his father's mare with Kamal upon her back , And when he could spy the white of her eye , he made the pistol crack . He has fired once , he has fired twice , but the ...
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... father's mare again , and I'll fight my own way back ! ' Kamal has gripped him by the hand and set him upon his feet . ' No talk shall be of dogs , ' said he , ' when wolf and grey wolf meet . ' May I eat dirt if thou hast hurt of me in ...
... father's mare again , and I'll fight my own way back ! ' Kamal has gripped him by the hand and set him upon his feet . ' No talk shall be of dogs , ' said he , ' when wolf and grey wolf meet . ' May I eat dirt if thou hast hurt of me in ...
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... father has sent his son to me , I'll send my son to him ! ' With that he whistled his only son , that dropped from a mountain - crest- He trod the ling like a buck in spring , and he looked like a lance in rest . ' Now here is thy ...
... father has sent his son to me , I'll send my son to him ! ' With that he whistled his only son , that dropped from a mountain - crest- He trod the ling like a buck in spring , and he looked like a lance in rest . ' Now here is thy ...
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... girl : That he prayed to a flat - nosed Lucknow god , And kissed the ground where her feet had trod , And doomed to death at her drunken nod And swore by her lightest curl . We bore the King to his fathers ' place , 14 THE LAST SUTTEE.
... girl : That he prayed to a flat - nosed Lucknow god , And kissed the ground where her feet had trod , And doomed to death at her drunken nod And swore by her lightest curl . We bore the King to his fathers ' place , 14 THE LAST SUTTEE.
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