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Very Many People

On the Downs, in the Weald, on the Marshes, I heard the Old Gods say:“Here come Very Many People: “We must go away. “They take our land to delight in,“But their delight destroys.“They flay the turf from the sheep-walk. “They…

The Vampire

A fool there was and he made his prayer  (Even as you and I!)To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair(We called her the woman who did not care),But the fool he called her his lady fair …

Untimely

Nothing in life has been made by man for man’s usingBut it was shown long since to man in agesLost as the name of the maker of it,Who received oppression and shame for his wages—Hate, avoidance, and scorn in his…

The Undertaker’s Horse

“To-tschin-shu is condemned to death.How can he drink tea with the Executioner?”                  Japanese Proverb. The eldest son bestrides him,And the pretty daughter rides him,And I meet him oft o’ mornings on the…

Ulster

(“Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of inquity and the act of violence is in their hands.” — Isaiah lix. 6.) The dark eleventh hour Draws on and…

Ubique

Royal Artillery There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may —“You bike,” “you bykwee,” “ubbikwee” – alludin’ to R. A.It serves ‘Orse, Field, an’ Garrison as motto for a crest;An’ when you’ve found out all it…

Two Races

I seek not what his soul desires.  He dreads not what my spirit fears. Our Heavens have shown us separate fires.   Our dooms have dealt us differing years. Our daysprings and our timeless dead   Ordained for us and…

The Two-Sided Man

Much I owe to the Lands that grew—More to the Lives that fed—But most to Allah Who gave me twoSeparate sides to my head. Much I reflect on the Good and the TrueIn the Faiths beneath the sun,But most to…

Two Months

June No hope, no change! The clouds have shut us in,  And through the cloud the sullen Sun strikes down  Full on the bosom of the tortured Town,Till Night falls heavy as remembered sinThat will not suffer sleep or thought…

Two Kopjes

(Made Yeomanry towards End of Boer War) Only two African kopjes,     Only the cart-tracks that windEmpty and open between ’em,   Only the Transvaal behind;Only an Aldershot column  Marching to conquer the land . . .Only a sudden and solemn …