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Page vii
... knew the heart of Men - men , for they stooped to Fame- Borne on the breath that men call Death , my brother's spirit came . Scarce had he need to cast his pride or slough the dross of earth . E'en as he trod that day to God , so walked ...
... knew the heart of Men - men , for they stooped to Fame- Borne on the breath that men call Death , my brother's spirit came . Scarce had he need to cast his pride or slough the dross of earth . E'en as he trod that day to God , so walked ...
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... knew that the King was dead . The dumb priest knelt to tie his mouth And robe him for the pyre . The Boondi Queen beneath us cried : ' See , now , that we die as our mothers died ' In the bridal - bed by our master's side ! ' Out ...
... knew that the King was dead . The dumb priest knelt to tie his mouth And robe him for the pyre . The Boondi Queen beneath us cried : ' See , now , that we die as our mothers died ' In the bridal - bed by our master's side ! ' Out ...
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... knew that the King had spent his soul On a North - bred dancing - 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 ...
... knew that the King had spent his soul On a North - bred dancing - 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 ...
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... had quitted the long - drawn strife , And in far Simoorie had taken a wife . And she was a damsel of delicate mould , With hair like the sunshine and heart of gold , And little she knew the arms that embraced Had cloven 44 THE BALLAD OF.
... had quitted the long - drawn strife , And in far Simoorie had taken a wife . And she was a damsel of delicate mould , With hair like the sunshine and heart of gold , And little she knew the arms that embraced Had cloven 44 THE BALLAD OF.
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Rudyard Kipling. And little she knew the arms that embraced Had cloven a man from the brow to the waist : And little she knew that the loving lips Had ordered a quivering life's eclipse , And the eye that lit at her lightest breath Had ...
Rudyard Kipling. And little she knew the arms that embraced Had cloven a man from the brow to the waist : And little she knew that the loving lips Had ordered a quivering life's eclipse , And the eye that lit at her lightest breath Had ...
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