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RUDYARD KIPLING

Take not that vision from my ken;

O, whatsoe'er may spoil or speed, Help me to need no aid from men,

That I may help such men as need!

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'"T'HERE 's a whisper down the field where the year has

  • shot her yield

And the ricks stand gray to the sun, Singing : ' Over then, come over, for the bee has quit

the clover And your English summer's done.'

You have heard the beat of the off-shore wind And the thresh of the deep-sea rain ; You have heard the song how long ! how long ! Pull out on the trail again !

Ha* done with the Tents of Shem, dear lass,

We've seen the seasons through,

And it's time to turn on the old trail, our own trail, the

out trail, Pull out, pull out, on the Long Trail the trail that is

always new.

It 's North you may run to the rime-ring'd sun,

Or South to the blind Horn's hate; Or East all the way into Mississippi Bay,

Or West to the Golden Gate; Where the blindest bluffs hold good, dear lass, And the wildest tales are true, And the men bulk big on the old trail, our own trail, the

out trail,

And life runs large on the Long Trail the trail that is always new.

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