(Mat. Prior)
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WHEN the Himalayan peasant meets… He shouts to scare the monster, wh… But the she—bear thus accosted ren… For the female of the species is m… When Nag the basking cobra hears…
NOT in the thick of the fight, Not in the press of the odds, Do the heroes come to their height… Or we know the demi—gods. That stands over till peace.
ENGLAND is a cosy little countr… Excepting for the draughts along t… And that is why you’re told, When the passages are cold: “Darling, you’ve forgot to shut th…
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…
I’VE taken my fun where I’ve fou… I’ve rogued an’ I’ve ranged in my… I’ve 'ad my pickin’ o’ sweethearts… An’ four o’ the lot was prime. One was an 'arf—caste widow,
“My son,” said the Norman Baron,… be heir To all the broad acres in England… share When he conquered the Saxon at Ha…
A Farmer of the Augustan Age Perused in Virgil’s golden page The story of the secret won From Proteus by Cyrene’s son— How the dank sea—god showed the sw…
Delilah Aberyswith was a lady– no… With a perfect taste in dresses an… With a thirst for information, and… And a little house in Simla in th… By reason of her marriage to a gen…
Excellent herbs had our fathers of… Excellent herbs to ease their pain… Alexanders and Marigold, Eyebright, Orris, and Elecampane— Basil, Rocket, Valerian, Rue,
WHEN Samson set my brush afire To spoil the Timnite’s barley, I made my point for Leicestershir… And left Philistia early. Through Gath and Rankesborough G…
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…
THE Cities are full of pride, Challenging each to each— This from her mountain—side, That from her burthened beach. They count their ships full tale—
SOUTH and far south below the L… Our Admiral leads us on, Above, undreamed—of planets shine… The stars we know are gone. Around, our clustered seamen mark
AFTER the sack of the City, whe… In the years that the Lights were… Low on the borders of Britain, th… Between the Cliff and the Forest… Stubborn all were his people, a st…
Beyond the path of the outmost sun… Further than ever comet flared or… Live such as fought and sailed and… They are purged of pride because t… They sit at wine with the Maidens…