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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8223 Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8223
AUTHOR:Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
QUOTATION:When ’Omer smote ’is blooming lyre,
He’d ’eard men sing by land an’ sea;
An’ what he thought ’e might require,
’E went an’ took—the same as we!
ATTRIBUTION:Barrack-Room Ballads. Introduction.