I Love contemplating—apart
From all his homicidal glory—
The traits that soften to our heart
Napoleon’s glory!
’T was when his banners at Boulogne
Armed in our island every freeman,
His navy chanced to capture one
Poor British seaman.
They suffered him—I know not how—
Unprisoned on the shore to roam;...
A Rudyard Kipling.
Les bureaux ferment à quatre heures à Calcutta ;
Dans le park du palais s'émeut le tennis ground ;
Dans Eden Garden grince la musique épicée des cipayes ;
Les équipages brillants se saluent sur le Red Road...
Sur son trône d'or, étincelant de rubis et d'émeraudes,
S. A. le Maharajah de Kapurthala
Regrette Liane de Pougy et Cléo...
IN wretched Times, when Men were given
To mock the Church and spurn at Heaven,
And Pious Saints, like Sinners, sold
Their tender Consciences for Gold,
Nay, even when our Guides could take
Or break an Oath for Int'rest sake,
As if no other God but Mammon,
Was worship'd both...
