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... 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 decreed , 125 • TOMLINSON Now ...
... 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 decreed , 125 • TOMLINSON Now ...
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... Give me my 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 ...
... Give me my 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 ...
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... give orders that he die ! ' ' Bid him endure until the day , ' a lagging answer came ; " The night is short , and he can pray and learn to bless my name . ' Before the dawn three times he spoke , and on THE KING'S MERCY 23.
... give orders that he die ! ' ' Bid him endure until the day , ' a lagging answer came ; " The night is short , and he can pray and learn to bless my name . ' Before the dawn three times he spoke , and on THE KING'S MERCY 23.
Page 44
... give a hundred to look at his head ! ' The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred , But Babu Harendra ( Gomashta ) heard . He thought of the cane - brake , green and dank , That girdled his home by the Dacca tank . He thought of his wife ...
... give a hundred to look at his head ! ' The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred , But Babu Harendra ( Gomashta ) heard . He thought of the cane - brake , green and dank , That girdled his home by the Dacca tank . He thought of his wife ...
Page 55
... give you then , War till my sinews fail , For the wrong you have done to a chief of men And a thief of the Zukka Kheyl . And if I fall to your hand afresh I give you leave for the sin , That you cram my throat with the foul pig's flesh ...
... give you then , War till my sinews fail , For the wrong you have done to a chief of men And a thief of the Zukka Kheyl . And if I fall to your hand afresh I give you leave for the sin , That you cram my throat with the foul pig's flesh ...
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ain't Ao-Safai BALLAD BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS be'ind beggar Belts beneath best go look Bisesa blood bloomin Blow the bugle Boh Da Thone Bolivar Captain Colonel's Copyright curse Dacca Danny Deever dark dawn dead dear lass death Delhi town Devil drunk and resisting English Er-Heb ere's eyes fell fire Flag of England flame ford Fuzzy-Wuzzy goin grey Gunga Gunga Din guns hangin head heart Hell honour jezail Johnnie Kabul river Kamal King Kysh Lalun laughed Long Trail-the trail loot Lord Macmillan marchin mare mist mornin never night old trail oont orses Peshawur Priests Queen Red Horse resisting the Guard road to Mandalay row in Silver Scindia shame skipper soul stars sword Taman There's thou to-day Tommy toot troopin true love Twas Unlighted Shrine war-ship Clampherdown we're goin Widow at Windsor Widow give wind young British soldier