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Where the sober colored cultivator smiles	A
On his byles	A
Where the cholera the cyclone and the crow	B
Come and go	B
Where the merchant deals in indigo and tea	C
Hides and ghi	D
Where the Babu drops inflammatory hints	E
In his prints	E
Stands a City Charnock chose it packed away	F
Near a Bay	F
By the Sewage rendered fetid by the sewer	G
Made impure	H
By the Sunderbunds unwholesome by the swamp	I
Moist and damp	J
And the City and the Viceroy as we see	C
Don't agree	C
Once two hundered years ago the trader came	K
Meek and tame	K
Where his timid foot first halted there he stayed	L
Till mere trade	L
Grew to Empire and he sent his armies forth	M
South and North	M
Till the country from Peshawur to Ceylon	N
Was his own	O
Thus the midday halt of Charnock more's the pity	C
Grew a City	C
As the fungus sprouts chaotic from its bed	P
So it spread	P
Chance directed chance erected laid and built	Q
On the silt	Q
Palace byre hovel poverty and pride	R
Side by side	R
And above the packed and pestilential town	S
Death looked down	S
But the Rulers in that City by the Sea	C
Turned to flee	C
Fled with each returning spring tide from its ills	T
To the Hills	T
From the clammy fogs of morning from the blaze	U
Of old days	U
From the sickness of the noontide from the heat	V
Beat retreat	V
For the country from Peshawur to Ceylon	N
Was their own	O
But the Merchant risked the perils of the Plain	W
For his gain	W
Now the resting place of Charnock 'neath the palms	X
Asks an alms	Y
And the burden of its lamentation is Briefly this	Z
Because for certain months we boil and stew	A2
So should you	A2
Cast the Viceroy and his Council to perspire	B2
In our fire	G
And for answer to the argument in vain	W
We explain	W
That an amateur Saint Lawrence cannot fry	C2
All must fry	C2
That the Merchant risks the perils of the Plain	W
For gain	W
Nor can Rulers rule a house that men grow rich in	D2
From its kitchen	E2
Let the Babu drop inflammatory hints	E
In his prints	E
And mature consistent soul his plan for stealing	F2
To Darjeeling	F2
Let the Merchant seek who makes his silver pile	G2
England's isle	G2
Let the City Charnock pitched on evil day	F
Go Her way	F
Though the argosies of Asia at Her doors	H2
Heap their stores	H2
Though Her enterprise and energy secure	H
Income sure	H
Though out station orders punctually obeyed	L
Swell Her trade	L
Still for rule administration and the rest	I2
Simla's best	I2

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