They copied all they could copy, But they couldn't copy my mind; And I left them sweatin' and stealin', A year and a half behind.
Rudyard KiplingGo softly by that river side Or when you would depart, You'll find its every winding tied; And knotted round your heart.
Rudyard KiplingI wasted my substance, I know I did, on riotous living, so I did, but there's nothing on record to show I did more than my betters have done.
Rudyard KiplingThe world is very lovely, and it's very horrible--and it doesn't care about your life or mine or anything else.
Rudyard KiplingHear and attend and listen; for this is what befell and be-happened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild -as wild as wild could be - and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him
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