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 652 RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE

THE TWO-SIDED MAN

TV/IUCH I owe to the Lands that grew

More to the Lives that fed But most to Allah Who gave me two Separate sides to my head.

Much I reflect on the Good and the True In the Faiths beneath the sun, But most upon Allah Who gave me two Sides to my head, not one.

Wesley's following, Calvin's flock, White or yellow or bronze, Shaman, Ju-ju or Angekok, Minister, Mukamuk, Bonze

Here is a health, my brothers, to you, However your prayers are said, And praised be Allah Who gave me two Separate sides to my head!

7 would go without shirt or shoe, Friend, tobacco or bread, Sooner than lose for a minute the two Separate sides of my head!

A TRANSLATION

(HORACE, BK. V. Ode 3)


 * TPHERE are whose study is of smells,

And to attentive schools rehearse How something mixed with something else Makes something worse.