| The Seven Seas Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1534791760 ISBN-13: 9781534791763 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1896 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Poetry |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 8" W x 10" (0.26 lbs) 50 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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- Their corn and oil and wine, Derrick and loom and bale, And rampart's gun-flecked line; City by city they hail: "Hast aught to match with mine?" And the men that breed from them They traffic up and down, But cling to their cities' hem As a child to the mother's gown. When they talk with the stranger bands, Dazed and newly alone; When they walk in the stranger lands, By roaring streets unknown; Blessing her where she stands For strength above their own. (On high to hold her fame That stands all fame beyond, By oath to back the same, Most faithful-foolish-fond; Making her mere-breathed name Their bond upon their bond.) So thank I God my birth Fell not in isles aside- Waste headlands of the earth, Or warring tribes untried- But that she lent me worth And gave me right to pride. |