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 A LEGEND OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE

Beg of Kolazai—slightly backward Native State—

Lusted for a C. S. I.—so began to sanitate.

Built a Gaol and Hospital—nearly built a City drain—

Till his faithful subjects all thought their ruler was insane.

Strange departures made he then—yea, Departments stranger still,

Half a dozen Englishmen helped the Rajah with a will,

Talked of noble aims and high, hinted of a future fine

For the State of Kolazai, on a strictly Western line.

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