THE BALLAD OF THE “BOLIVAR”    Seven men from all the world back to Docks again, 

 THE SACRIFICE OF ER-HEB Er-Heb beyond the Hills of Ao-Safai, 

 THE EXPLANATION Love and Death once ceased their strife, 

 THE GIFT OF THE SEA The dead child lay in the shroud, 

 EVARRA AND HIS GODS Read here:  This is the story of Evarra — man —, 

 THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold, 

 THE LEGEND OF EVIL This is the sorrowful story, 

 THE ENGLISH FLAG Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro, 

 “CLEARED”    Help for a patriot distressed, a spotless spirit hurt, 

 AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT Now this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser decreed, 

 TOMLINSON Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house in Berkeley Square, 

 L'ENVOI TO “LIFE'S HANDICAP”    My new-cut ashlar takes the light, 

 L'ENVOI There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield,   

       [In India, the swastika is an ancient symbol of good fortune. Kipling frequently used the swastika in this context.]     

  

 THE SEVEN SEAS 1891-1896 

 DEDICATION The Cities are full of pride, 

       THE SEVEN SEAS     

 A SONG OF THE ENGLISH Fair is our lot — O goodly is our heritage! 

 The Coastwise Lights Our brows are bound with spindrift and the weed is on our knees, 

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