AFTER the burial—parties leave And the baffled kites have fled; The wise hyænas come out at eve To take account of our dead. How he died and why he died

The men that fought at Minden, th… So was them that fought at Waterl… All the 'ole command, yuss, from… They was once dam’ sweeps like you… Then do not be discouraged, ‘Eave…

So long as 'neath the Kalka hills The tonga-horn shall ring, So long as down the Solon dip The hard-held ponies swing, So long as Tara Devi sees

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,

ERE the mother’s milk had dried On my lips, the Brethren came— Tore me from my nurse’s side, And bestowed on me a name Infamously overtrue—

There’s a whisper down the field w… And the ricks stand grey to the su… Singing: ‘Over then, come over, f… ‘And your English summer’s done.’ You have heard the beat of the off…

O WOE is me for the merry life I led beyond the Bar, And a treble woe for my winsome wi… That weeps at Shalimar. They have taken away my long jezai…

IMPRIMIS he was “broke.” There… His Regiment and, later, took to… Then, having lost the balance of h… “Went Fantee”—joined the people o… Turned three parts Mussulman and…

The man that is open of heart to h… And stops to consider his likes an… His blood shall be wholesome whate… His luck shall be with him whateve… The Splendour of Morning shall du…

WHEN the Great Ark, in Vigo Ba… Rode stately through the half—mann… From every ship about her way She heard the mariners entreat— “Before we take the seas again

I tell this tale, which is strictl… Just by way of convincing you How very little, since things were… Things have altered in building tr… A year ago, come the middle of Ma…

When, with a pain he desires to ex… Howls himself black in the face, t… And the six-months-old Mother beg… Tummy, or Temper, or Pins– what d… See! At a glance and a touch his…

FROM every quarter of your land They give God thanks who turned a… Death and the needy madman’s hand, Death—fraught, which menaced you t… One school of many made to make

THE ROAD to En—dor is easy to… For Mother or yearning Wife. There, it is sure, we shall meet o… As they were even in life. Earth has not dreamed of the bless…

Troopin’, troopin’, troopin’ to th… 'Ere’s September come again —the… O leave the dead be’ind us, for th… To where the ship’s a-coalin’ up t… We’re goin’ 'ome, we’re goin’ 'ome…