A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling

Author:Rudyard Kipling [Kipling, Rudyard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2004-08-02T04:00:00+00:00

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JOBSON'S AMEN

'Blessed be the English and all their ways and works.

Cursed be the Infidels, Hereticks, and Turks!'

'Amen,' quo' Jobson, 'but where I used to lie

Was neither Candle, Bell nor Book to curse my brethren by:

'But a palm-tree in full bearing, bowing down, bowing down,

To a surf that drove unsparing at the brown-walled town--

Conches in a temple, oil-lamps in a dome--

And a low moon out of Africa said: "This way home!"'

'Blessed be the English and all that they profess.

Cursed be the Savages that prance in nakedness!'

'Amen,' quo' Jobson, 'but where I used to lie

Was neither shirt nor pantaloons to catch my brethren by:

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