⁠Only the vultures above,
Only baboons—at the bottom,
⁠Only some buck on the move;
Only a Kensington draper
⁠Only pretending to scout ...
Only bad news for the paper,
⁠Only another knock-out.

⁠⁠Then mock not the African kopje,
⁠⁠⁠And rub not your flank on its side,
⁠⁠The silent and simmering kopje,
⁠⁠⁠The kopje beloved by the guide.
⁠⁠You can never be, etc.

Only two African kopjes,
⁠Only the dust of their wheels,
Only a bolted commando,
⁠Only our guns at their heels ...
Only a little barb-wire,
⁠Only a natural fort,
Only "by sections retire,"
⁠Only "regret to report"!