Tuesday, December 31, 2002
Barrack-Room Ballads Comments
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When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre,
He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;
An' what he thought 'e might require,
'E went an' took -- the same as me!
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Rudyard Kipling
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7/17/2025 6:58:33 PM # 1.0.0
Kipling has come up with a unique vision of Homer (''Omer) , who, when needing things, ' E went an' took'. Further, 'They knew 'e stole'. Homer would not be pleased to read that.