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 756 RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE

Yet, look, where in his room apart, All windows opened wide,

Our Admiral thrusts away the chart And comes to walk outside.

Kindly, from man to man he goes,

With comfort, praise, or jest, Quick to suspect our childish woes,

Our terror and unrest. It is as though the sun should shine

Our midnight fears are gone! South and far south below the Line,

Our Admiral leads us on !

"TOGETHER"

(ENGLAND AT WAR)

X7HEN Horse and Rider each can trust the other every-

V where, It takes a fence and more than a fence to pound that happy

pair; For the one will do what the other demands, although he is

beaten and blown, And when it is done, they can live through a run that neither

could face alone.

When Crew and Captain understand each other to the core, It takes a gale and more than a gale to put their ship ashore; For the one will do what the other commands, although they

are chilled to the bone, And both together can live through weather that neither

could face alone.