Expunge desires of selfliness
Rise up and bless …
This strong Soul dying in such plight….
. . . . .
Night gently spreads her wings and flies
Star-laden, wide across the skies.
My Soul, new strong,
So late enstained with earthly dust
So long estranged in wander-lust
Gives praise and song,
Strives to create in morning light
The starry wonders of the night
In praise and song …
This strong Soul praising in new right.
It is well, O my Soul, it is well….
Footnotes:
1 Store-room.
2 Footman and male "housemaid".
3 Gardener.
4 Groom.
5 Real, solid, permanent, proper, ripe, genuine.
6 Anna = a penny.
7 Strong, powerful chief.
8 Grass-man.
9 Carriage.
10 Bullock-carts.
11 A kind of starling.
12 Water-carriers.
13 Servant.
14 Camel-man.
15 Confined to barracks.
16 A famous Hussar regiment.
17 Teetotal.
18 Cigarettes.
19 When a non-commissioned officer does anything to risk losing his stripes he says he "chances his arm".
20 Permanent Military Police.
21 Summons before the Commanding Officer in Orderly Room.
22 Guard-room.
23 Infantry Regiments.
24 Cavalry Regiment.
25 Silent.
26 This actually happened some years ago at Bangalore.—AUTHOR.
27 News, information.
28 Camel.
29 By means of its "Decies Horizontal Screw Stabilizer," which enabled it to "hover" with only a very slight rise and fall.
30 Native bed-frame.
31 Baggage-camel.
32 Hindustani—enough, finished, complete.
THE WAGES OF VIRTUE
Chapter I. Soap and Sir Montague Merline
Chapter II. A Barrack-Room of the Legion
Chapter IV. The Canteen of the Legion
Chapter VI. Le Cafard and Other Things
Chapter VII. The Sheep in Wolf's Clothing
Chapter VIII. The Temptation of Sir Montague Merline
Chapter IX. The Café and the Canteen
To
THE CHARMINGEST WOMAN
"Vivandière du régiment,
C'est Catin qu'on me nomme;
Je vends, je donne, je bois gaiment,
Mon vin et mon rogomme;
J'ai le pied leste