There was an old man of Quebec,
Who was buried in snow to his neck.
When asked, – Rudyard Kipling
And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but weve proved it again and again, that if once you have paid him the Dane-geld you never get rid of the Dane. – Rudyard Kipling
And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves Its pretty, but is it Art? – Rudyard Kipling
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at Gods great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face,
tho they come from the ends of the earth! – Rudyard Kipling