Barrack-room Ballads and Other Verses |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 13
Page v
... Tomlinson , ' and the ' English Flag ' have appeared in the National Observer . Messrs . Macmillan and Co. have kindly given me permission to reproduce four ballads contributed to their Magazine , and I am indebted to the St. James's ...
... Tomlinson , ' and the ' English Flag ' have appeared in the National Observer . Messrs . Macmillan and Co. have kindly given me permission to reproduce four ballads contributed to their Magazine , and I am indebted to the St. James's ...
Page xv
... • 194 199 204 Help for a patriot distressed , a spotless spirit hurt , · 213 AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT Now this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser decreed , 221 TOMLINSON Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house CONTENTS XV.
... • 194 199 204 Help for a patriot distressed , a spotless spirit hurt , · 213 AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT Now this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser decreed , 221 TOMLINSON Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house CONTENTS XV.
Page xvi
Rudyard Kipling. TOMLINSON Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house in Berkeley Square , • L'ENVOI There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield , • PAGE 226 · 239 BARRACK - ROOM BALLADS A To T. A. I HAVE xvi ...
Rudyard Kipling. TOMLINSON Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house in Berkeley Square , • L'ENVOI There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield , • PAGE 226 · 239 BARRACK - ROOM BALLADS A To T. A. I HAVE xvi ...
Page 225
... , The day of the Figs from Thistles , the day of the Twisted Sands , The day that the laugh of a maiden made light of the Lords of Their Hands . " TOMLINSON Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT 225.
... , The day of the Figs from Thistles , the day of the Twisted Sands , The day that the laugh of a maiden made light of the Lords of Their Hands . " TOMLINSON Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT 225.
Page 228
... Tomlinson took up his tale and spoke of his good in life . ' This I have read in a book , ' he said , ' and that was ... Tomlinson looked back and forth , and little good it bore , For the Darkness stayed at his shoulder - blade and ...
... Tomlinson took up his tale and spoke of his good in life . ' This I have read in a book , ' he said , ' and that was ... Tomlinson looked back and forth , and little good it bore , For the Darkness stayed at his shoulder - blade and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ain't Ao-Safai BALLAD be'ind beggar Belts beneath best go look Bisesa blood bloomin Blow the bugle Boh Da Thone Bolivar Captain Colonel's curse Danny Deever dark dawn dead dear lass death Delhi town Devil drunk and resisting English Library Er-Heb ere's Evarra eyes fire Flag of England ford Francs per volume Fuzzy-Wuzzy goin Gunga Gunga Din guns hangin heart HELEN MATHERS Hell honour J. M. BARRIE Johnnie Kabul river Kamal Khyber King Kysh loot Lord LUCAS MALET marchin mare mist Molly Bawn mornin never night old trail oont orses Priests Queen Red Horse resisting the Guard road to Mandalay row in Silver RUDYARD KIPLING Scindia screw-guns skipper soul stars story sword tale Taman There's thou thrice to-day Tommy troopin true love Twas Unlighted Shrine W. D. HOWELLS wheel Widow at Windsor Widow give wind
Popular passages
Page 94 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
Page 28 - is dirty 'ide 'E was white, clear white, inside When 'e went to tend the wounded under fire! It was 'Din! Din! Din!' With the bullets kickin
Page 13 - An' a Zulu impi dished us up in style: But all we ever got from such as they Was pop to what the Fuzzy made us swaller; We 'eld our bloomin' own, the papers say, But man for man the Fuzzy knocked us 'oiler.
Page 59 - When the mist was on the rice-fields an' the sun was droppin' slow, She'd git 'er little banjo an' she'd sing 'Kulla-lo-lo!' With 'er arm upon my shoulder an' 'er cheek agin my cheek We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin
Page 85 - And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride: He has lifted her out of the stable-door between the dawn and the day, And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away. Then up and spoke the Colonel's son that led a troop of the Guides : ' Is there never a man of all my men can say where Kamal hides...
Page 72 - We're poor little lambs who've lost our way, Baa! Baa! Baa! We're little black sheep who've gone astray, Baa — aa — aa! Gentlemen-rankers out on the spree, Damned from here to Eternity, God ha
Page 26 - When you're quartered safe out 'ere, An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it; But when it comes to slaughter You will do your work on water, An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it. Now in Injia's sunny clime, Where I used to spend my time A-servin...
Page 12 - WE'VE fought with many men acrost the seas, An' some of 'em was brave an' some was not : The Paythan an' the Zulu an' Burmese ; But the Fuzzy was the finest o
Page 4 - is coffin on the ground; An' 'e'll swing in 'arf a minute for a sneakin' shootin' hound — O they're hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'! '"Is cot was right-'and cot to mine," said Files-onParade. "E's sleepin' out an' far to-night," the ColourSergeant said. "I've drunk 'is beer a score o' times," said Files-onParade. "E's drinkin' bitter beer alone," the Colour-Sergeant said. They are hangin...
Page 29 - e's kickin' all around: "For Gawd's sake git the water, Gunga Din!" "E carried me away To where a dooli lay, An' a bullet come an' drilled the beggar clean. 'E put me safe inside, An' just before 'e died, "I 'ope you liked your drink,