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PREFACE
 
'CITIES AND THRONES AND POWERS'
 
CONTENTS
 
INDEX TO FIRST LINES

 
THE RECALL
 
PUCK'S SONG
 
THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS
 
A THREE-PART SONG
 
THE RUN OF THE DOWNS
 
BROOKLAND ROAD
 
THE SACK OF THE GODS
 
THE KINGDOM
 
TARRANT MOSS
 
SIR RICHARD'S SONG (A.D. 1066)
 
A TREE SONG (A.D. 1200)
 
CUCKOO SONG
 
A CHARM
 
THE PRAIRIE
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS
 
COLD IRON
 
A SONG OF KABIR
 
A CAROL
 
'MY NEW-CUT ASHLAR'
 
EDDI'S SERVICE (A.D. 687)
 
SHIV AND THE GRASSHOPPER
 
THE FAIRIES' SIEGE
 
A SONG TO MITHRAS (Hymn of the 30th Legion: circa A.D. 350.)
 
THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD
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OUTSONG IN THE JUNGLE
 
BALOO
 
KAA
 
BAGHEERA
 
THE THREE
 
HARP SONG OF THE DANE WOMEN
 
THE THOUSANDTH MAN
 
THE WINNERS
 
A ST. HELENA LULLABY
 
CHIL'S SONG
 
THE CAPTIVE
 
THE PUZZLER
 
HADRAMAUTI
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
THE NAULAHKA
 
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
 
GALLIO'S SONG
 
THE BEES AND THE FLIES
 
ROAD-SONG OF THE BANDAR-LOG
 
'OUR FATHERS ALSO'
 
A BRITISH-ROMAN SONG (A.D. 406)
 
A PICT SONG
 
THE STRANGER
 
'RIMINI'
 
'POOR HONEST MEN' (A.D. 1800)
 
'WHEN THE GREAT ARK'
 
PROPHETS AT HOME
 
JUBAL AND TUBAL CAIN
 
THE VOORTREKKER
 
A SCHOOL SONG
 
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
 
'A SERVANT WHEN HE REIGNETH'
 
'OUR FATHERS OF OLD'
 
THE HERITAGE
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
'BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA'
 
LIFE'S HANDICAP
 
KIM
 
MANY INVENTIONS
 
SONG OF THE FIFTH RIVER
 
THE CHILDREN'S SONG
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PARADE-SONG OF THE CAMP-ANIMALS
 
ELEPHANTS OF THE GUN-TEAMS
 
GUN-BULLOCKS
 
CAVALRY HORSES
 
SCREW-GUN MULES
 
COMMISSARIAT CAMELS
 
ALL THE BEASTS TOGETHER
 
IF--
 
THE PRODIGAL SON (Western Version)
 
THE NECESSITARIAN
 
THE JESTER
 
A SONG OF TRAVEL
 
THE TWO-SIDED MAN
 
'LUKANNON'
 
AN ASTROLOGER'S SONG
 
'THE POWER OF THE DOG'
 
THE RABBI'S SONG
 
THE BEE BOY'S SONG
 
THE RETURN OF THE CHILDREN
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MERROW DOWN
 
I
 
II
 
OLD MOTHER LAIDINWOOL
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
JUST-SO STORIES
 
THE LOOKING-GLASS
 
THE QUEEN'S MEN
 
THE CITY OF SLEEP
 
THE WIDOWER
 
THE PRAYER OF MIRIAM COHEN
 
THE SONG OF THE LITTLE HUNTER
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GOW'S WATCH
 
ACT II. SCENE 2
 
THE WISHING CAPS
 
'BY THE HOOF OF THE WILD GOAT'
 
SONG OF THE RED WAR-BOAT (A.D. 683)
 
MORNING SONG IN THE JUNGLE
 
BLUE ROSES
 
A RIPPLE SONG
 
BUTTERFLIES
 
MY LADY'S LAW
 
THE NURSING SISTER
 
THE LOVE SONG OF HAR DYAL
 
A DEDICATION
 
MOTHER O' MINE
 
THE ONLY SON
 
MOWGLI'S SONG AGAINST PEOPLE
 
ROMULUS AND REMUS
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CHAPTER HEADINGS
 
THE JUNGLE BOOKS
 
THE EGG-SHELL
 
THE KING'S TASK
 
POSEIDON'S LAW
 
A TRUTHFUL SONG
 
A SMUGGLER'S SONG
 
KING HENRY VII. AND THE SHIPWRIGHTS (A.D. 1487)
 
THE WET LITANY
 
THE BALLAD OF MINEPIT SHAW
 
HERIOT'S FORD
 
FRANKIE'S TRADE
 
THE JUGGLER'S SONG
 
THORKILD'S SONG
 
'ANGUTIVAUN TAINA'
 
HUNTING-SONG OF THE SEEONEE PACK
 
SONG OF THE MEN'S SIDE (Neolithic)
 
DARZEE'S CHAUNT
 
THE FOUR ANGELS
 
THE PRAYER

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SONGS FROM BOOKS

BY

RUDYARD KIPLING

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET,
LONDON
1914
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