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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1921 Excerpt: ... The Hero Cockroach (In the manner of the earlier Kipling) THE Cockroach stood by the mickle wood in the flush of the astral dawn, And he sniffed the air from the hidden lair where the Khyber swordfish spawn; The bilge and belch of the glutton Welsh as they smelted their warlock cheese Surged to and fro where the grinding floe wrenched at the Headland's knees. Half seas over! Under--up again! And the barnacles vihite in the moon! The pole star's chasing its tail like a pup again, And the dish runs away with the spoon! The Waterspout came bellowing out of the red horizon's rim, And the gray Typhoon and the black Monsoon surged forth to the fight with him, With threefold might they surged to the fight for they hated the great bull Roach;--And they cried, "Begod!" as they lashed the sod, "And here is an Egg to Poach! We will bash his mug with his own raw lug newstripped from oil his dome, For there is no law but tooth and claw to the nor' nor'east of Nome! The Punjaub Gull shall have his skull ere he goes to the burning ghaut, For we have no time for aught but crime where the jungle lore is taught! Across the dark the Afghan Shark is whining for his head--There shall be no rule but death and drool till the deep red maws are fed!" Half seas under! Up! and down again! And her keel was blown off in a squall I Girls, we misdoubt that we'll ever see town, again--Haul, boys! Hall boys! Haul! The Cockroach spat--and he tilted his hat and he grinned through the lowering murk, The Cockroach felt in his rangoon belt for his good bengali dirk, He reefed his mast against the blast and he bent his mizzen free And he flung the cleats of his binnacle sheets in the teeth of the yeasty sea! The Hero Cockroach He oped his mouth and he sluiced his drouth with his last good can of...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780217622721
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217622720
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr

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