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... seen . " The Colonel's son has taken a horse , and a raw rough dun was he , With the mouth of a bell and the heart of Hell and the head of the gallows - tree . The Colonel's son to the Fort has won , they bid him stay to eat- Who rides ...
... seen . " The Colonel's son has taken a horse , and a raw rough dun was he , With the mouth of a bell and the heart of Hell and the head of the gallows - tree . The Colonel's son to the Fort has won , they bid him stay to eat- Who rides ...
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... seen a thing I couldn't believe for a spell ; That nigger - that Tim - was a crawlin ' to me Through that fireproof , gilt - edged hell ! The rebels seen him as quick as me , And the bullets buzzed like bees ; But he jumped for me and ...
... seen a thing I couldn't believe for a spell ; That nigger - that Tim - was a crawlin ' to me Through that fireproof , gilt - edged hell ! The rebels seen him as quick as me , And the bullets buzzed like bees ; But he jumped for me and ...
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... seen his duty , a dead - sure thing , — And went for it , thar an ' then : And Christ ain't a - goin ' to be too hard On a man that died for men . Little Breeches I don't go much on religion , I never ain't had no show ; -JOHN HAY But I ...
... seen his duty , a dead - sure thing , — And went for it , thar an ' then : And Christ ain't a - goin ' to be too hard On a man that died for men . Little Breeches I don't go much on religion , I never ain't had no show ; -JOHN HAY But I ...
Contents
Introduction Louis Untermeyer iii | 1 |
Ballad of East and West Rudyard Kipling 1695 | 9 |
Hervé Riel Robert Browning | 16 |
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