Rudyard Kipling Quotes

Had I Guns (as I Had Goods) To Work My Christian Harm.

I Had Run Him Up From The Quarter Deck To Trade With His Own Yard-arm;

I Had Nailed His Ears To My Capstan-head, And Ripped Them Off With A Saw,

And Soused Them In The Bilgewater, And Served Them To Him Raw;

I Had Flung Him Blind In A Rudderless Boat To Rot In The Rocking Dark,

I Had Towed Him Aft Of His Own Craft, A Bait For His Brother Shark;

I Had Lapped Him Round With Cocoa Husk, And Drenched Him With The Oil,

And Lashed Him Fast To His Own Mast To Blaze Above My Spoil;

I Had Stripped His Hide For My Hammock-side, And Tasseled His Beard In The Mesh,

And Spitted His Crew On The Live Bamboo That Grows Through The Gangrened Flesh.

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