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Page 14
... watched her flee . They 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 ...
... watched her flee . They 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 ...
Page 16
... watched , a bow - shot from the blaze , The silent streets between , Who had stood by the King in sport and fray , To blade in ambush or boar at bay , And he was a baron old and grey , And kin to the Boondi Queen . He said : ' O ...
... watched , a bow - shot from the blaze , The silent streets between , Who had stood by the King in sport and fray , To blade in ambush or boar at bay , And he was a baron old and grey , And kin to the Boondi Queen . He said : ' O ...
Page 23
... watched beside the dreary mound that veiled the battered thing , And him the King with laughter called the Herald of the King . It was upon the second night , the night of Ramazan , The watcher leaning earthward heard the message of Yar ...
... watched beside the dreary mound that veiled the battered thing , And him the King with laughter called the Herald of the King . It was upon the second night , the night of Ramazan , The watcher leaning earthward heard the message of Yar ...
Page 46
... Watched the souls of the dead arise , And over the smoke of the fusillade The Peacock Banner staggered and swayed . Oh , gayest of scrimmages man may see Is a well - worked rush on the G.B.T. ! The Babu shook at the horrible sight , And ...
... Watched the souls of the dead arise , And over the smoke of the fusillade The Peacock Banner staggered and swayed . Oh , gayest of scrimmages man may see Is a well - worked rush on the G.B.T. ! The Babu shook at the horrible sight , And ...
Page 51
... watched the twin Terror - the head turned to head- The scowling , scarred Black , and the flushed savage Red- The spirit that changed from her knowing and flew to Some grim hidden Past she had never a clue to , But It knew as It grinned ...
... watched the twin Terror - the head turned to head- The scowling , scarred Black , and the flushed savage Red- The spirit that changed from her knowing and flew to Some grim hidden Past she had never a clue to , But It knew as It grinned ...
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