Index:The Five Nations.djvu

Title	The Five Nations
Author	Rudyard Kipling
Year	1903
Publisher	Doubleday, Page & Co.
Location	New York
Source	djvu
Progress	Done—All pages of the work proper are validated

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CONTENTS

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DEDICATION ⁠Before a midnight breaks in storm,	v
THE SEA AND THE HILLS ⁠Who hath desired the Sea?—the sight of salt water unbounded,	1
THE BELL BUOY ⁠They christened my brother of old,	4
CRUISERS ⁠As our mother the Frigate, bepainted and fine,	8
THE DESTROYERS ⁠The strength of twice three thousand horse,	11
WHITE HORSES ⁠Where run your colts at pasture?	15
THE SECOND VOYAGE ⁠We've sent our little Cupids all ashore,	20
THE DYKES ⁠We have no heart for the fishing, we have no hand for the oar,	23
THE SONG OF DIEGO VALDEZ ⁠The God of Fair Beginnings,	28
THE BROKEN MEN ⁠For things we never mention,	34
THE FEET OF THE YOUNG MEN ⁠Now the Four-way Lodge is opened, now the Hunting Winds are loose,	38
THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR ⁠Yearly, with tent and rifle, our careless white men go,	44
THE OLD MEN ⁠This is our lot if we live so long and labour unto the end,	49
THE EXPLORER ⁠"There's no sense in going further—it's the edge of cultivation,"	52
THE WAGE-SLAVES ⁠Oh glorious are the guarded heights,	60
THE BURIAL ⁠When that great Kings return to clay	63
GENERAL JOUBERT ⁠With those that bred, with those that loosed the strife,	65
THE PALACE ⁠When I was a King and a Mason—a Master proven and skilled,	66
SUSSEX ⁠God gave all men all earth to love,	69
SONG OF THE WISE CHILDREN ⁠When the darkened Fifties dip to the North,	74
BUDDHA AT KAMAKURA ⁠Oh ye who tread the Narrow Way,	76
THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN ⁠Take up the White Man's burden,	79
PHARAOH AND THE SERGEANT ⁠Said England unto Pharaoh, "I must make a man of you,	82
OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS ⁠A Nation spoke to a Nation,	87
"ET DONA FERENTES" ⁠In extended observation of the ways and works of man,	90
KITCHENER'S SCHOOL ⁠Oh Hubshee, carry your shoes in your hand and bow your head on your breast,	95
THE YOUNG QUEEN ⁠Her hand was still on her sword-hilt, the spur was still on her heel,	100
RIMMON ⁠Duly with knees that feign to quake,	104
THE OLD ISSUE ⁠"Here is nothing new nor aught unproven," say the Trumpets,	107
BRIDGE-GUARD IN THE KARROO ⁠Sudden the desert changes,	113
THE LESSON ⁠Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should,	117
THE FILES ⁠Files,	121
THE REFORMERS ⁠Not in the camp his victory lies,	126
DIRGE OF DEAD SISTERS ⁠Who recalls the twilight and the ranged tents in order,	129
THE ISLANDERS ⁠No doubt but ye are the People—your throne is above the King's,	133
THE PEACE OF DIVES ⁠The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay,	141
SOUTH AFRICA ⁠Lived a woman wonderful,	149
THE SETTLER ⁠Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run,	153
Service Songs
CHANT-PAGAN ⁠Me that 'ave been what I ve been,	159
M. I. ⁠I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm,	163
COLUMNS ⁠Out o' the wilderness, dusty an' dry,	170
THE PARTING OF THE COLUMNS ⁠We've rode and fought and ate and drunk as rations come to hand,	175
TWO KOPJES ⁠Only two African kopjes,	179
THE INSTRUCTOR ⁠At times when under cover I 'ave said,	183
BOOTS ⁠We're foot—slog—slog—slog—sloggin' over Africa,	185
THE MARRIED MAN ⁠The bachelor 'e fights for one,	188
LICHTENBERG ⁠Smells are surer than sounds or sights,	191
STELLENBOSH ⁠The General 'card the firin' on the flank,	194
HALF-BALLAD OF WATERVAL ⁠When by the labour of my 'ands,	197
PIET ⁠I do not love my Empire's foes,	199
"WILFUL-MISSING" ⁠There is a world outside the one you know,	204
UBIQUE ⁠There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may,	206
THE RETURN ⁠Peace is declared, an' I return,	210
RECESSIONAL ⁠God of our fathers, known of old,	214