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Rh "Last night ye had struck at a Border thief—to-night 'tis a man of the Guides!"

Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the two shall meet,

Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;

But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,

When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth.