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Rudyard Kipling - The Ballad of Jakko HillRudyard Kipling - The Ballad of Jakko Hill
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One moment bid the horses wait,   Since tiffin is not laid till three, Below the upward path and straight   You climbed a year ago with me. Love came upon us suddenly   And loosed an idle hour to kill A headless, armless armory   That smote us both on Jakko Hill. Ah Heaven! we would wait and wait   Through Time and to Eternity! Ah Heaven! we could conquer Fate   With more than Godlike constancy I cut the date upon a tree   Here stand the clumsy figures still: "10-7-85, A.D."   Damp with the mist of Jakko Hill. What came of high resolve and great,   And until Death fidelity! Whose horse is waiting at your gate?   Whose `rickshaw-wheels ride over me? No Saint`s, I swear; and let me see   To-night what names your programme fill We drift asunder merrily,   As drifts the mist on Jakko Hill.                 L`ENVOI. Princess, behold our ancient state   Has clean departed; and we see `Twas Idleness we took for Fate   That bound light bonds on you and me. Amen! Here ends the comedy   Where it began in all good will; Since Love and Leave together flee   As driven mist on Jakko Hill!
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