Poem by Rudyard Kipling

The Appeal

If I have given you delight
By aught that I have done,
Let me lie quiet in that night
Which shall be yours anon:

And for the little, little, span
The dead are borne in mind,
Seek not to questions other than
The books I leave behind.

1. The First Chantey
2. The Last of the Light Brigade
3. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 12. The Threshold
4. Lord Roberts
5. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 19. Azrael's Count

Norman Gale The Appeal ("My boy, bethink you ere you fling")

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