Baloo For the sake of him who showed One wise Frog the Jungle-Road, Keep the Law the Man-Pack make For thy blind old Baloo’s sake!

Files The Files — Office Files! Oblige me by referring to the Fil… Every question man can raise,

AS our mother the Frigate, bepain… Made play for her bully the Ship… So we, her bold daughters by iron… Accost and decoy to our masters’ d… Now, pray you, consider what toils…

WHO recalls the twilight and the… (Violet peaks uplifted through the… And the clink of iron teacups and… And the faces of the Sisters with… (Now and not hereafter, while the…

OUR King went forth on pilgrimag… His prayers and vows to pay To them that saved our heritage And cast their own away. And there was little show of pride…

SEVEN men from all the world, ba… Rolling down the Ratcliffe Road d… Give the girls another drink ‘fore… We that took the “Bolivar” out ac… We put out from Sunderland loaded…

NOW the new year reviving old des… The restless soul to open sea aspi… Where the Blue Peter flickers fro… And the grimed stoker feeds the en… Coupons, alas, depart with all the…

O YE who tread the Narrow Way By Tophet—flare to judgment Day, Be gentle when “the heathen” pray To Buddha at Kamakura! To him the Way, the Law, apart,

I KEEP six honest serving—men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and… And How and Where and Who. I send them over land and sea,

When the cabin port-holes are dark… Because of the seas outside; When the ship goes wop (with a wig… And the steward falls into the sou… And trunks begin to slide;

When the drums begin to beat Down the street, When the poles are fetched and guy… When the tight-rope’s stretched an… When the dance-girls make salaam,

THE DROWSY carrier sways To the drowsy horses’ tramp. His axles winnow the sprays Of the hedge where the rabbit play… In the light of his single lamp.

I know not in Whose hands are lai… To empty upon earth From unsuspected ambuscade The very Urns of Mirth; Who bids the Heavenly Lark arise