John Kendall (dum-dum) Cold Poems

• 1. A Soldier Of Weight
  In the dim and distant ages, in the half-forgotten days,
  Ere the East became the fashion and an Indian tour the craze,
  Lived a certain Major-General, renowned throughout the State
  As a soldier of distinction and considerable weight.
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• 2. Summer Portents
  Come, let us quaff the brimming cup
  Of sorrow, bitterness, and pain;
  For clearly, things are warming up
  Again.
  ...
• 3. The Ballad Of Morbid Mothers
  Why do you sit in the churchyard weeping?
  Why do you cling to the dear old graves,
  When the dim, drear mists of the dusk are creeping
  Out of the marshes in wan, white waves?
  ...
• 4. Nocturne Written In An Indian Garden
  'Where ignorance is bliss,
  'Tis folly to be wise.'
  
  
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• 5. The Iron Hand
  'The Government of India has been pleased to sanction the infliction of a fine of ..., etc.'
  
  
  To him that reads with careless eyes
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• 6. The Finest View
  Away, away! The plains of Ind
  Have set their victim free;
  I give my sorrows to the wind,
  My sun-hat to the sea;
  ...

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