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Rh He had never been to college,

Got his teaching in the corps,

You can pick up useful knowledge

'Twixt Saltash and Singapore.

Old Field-Cornet Piet van Celling

Lived just northward of the Vaal,

And he called his white-washed dwelling,

Blesbock Farm, Rhenoster Kraal.

In his politics unbending,

Stern of speech and grim of face,

He pursued the never-ending

Quarrel with the English race.

Grizzled hair and face of copper,

Hard as nails from work and sport, Just the model of a Dopper

Of the fierce old fighting sort.