XII.

XII.The King was terribly put out;To hear him call the guard and shout,And stamp, and curse, and raveWas (as the Missionaries say)A lesson in the Godless wayThe heathen will behave.He sent us to a Prison, madeOf pointed stakes in palisade,And there for several hoursOur Leader was a mark for bricks,And eggs and cocoanuts and sticks,And pussy-cats in showers.Our former porters seemed to bearA grudge against the millionaire.Illustration: Our three travellers tied with their backs to a stake in a stockade with human bones on the ground.And yet the thing I minded mostWas not the ceaseless teasing(With which the Captain was engrossed),Nor being fastened to a post(Though that was far from pleasing);But hearing them remark that they“Looked forward to the following day.”

The King was terribly put out;To hear him call the guard and shout,And stamp, and curse, and raveWas (as the Missionaries say)A lesson in the Godless wayThe heathen will behave.He sent us to a Prison, madeOf pointed stakes in palisade,And there for several hoursOur Leader was a mark for bricks,And eggs and cocoanuts and sticks,And pussy-cats in showers.Our former porters seemed to bearA grudge against the millionaire.

The King was terribly put out;To hear him call the guard and shout,And stamp, and curse, and raveWas (as the Missionaries say)A lesson in the Godless wayThe heathen will behave.He sent us to a Prison, madeOf pointed stakes in palisade,And there for several hoursOur Leader was a mark for bricks,And eggs and cocoanuts and sticks,And pussy-cats in showers.Our former porters seemed to bearA grudge against the millionaire.

The King was terribly put out;

To hear him call the guard and shout,

And stamp, and curse, and rave

Was (as the Missionaries say)

A lesson in the Godless way

The heathen will behave.

He sent us to a Prison, made

Of pointed stakes in palisade,

And there for several hours

Our Leader was a mark for bricks,

And eggs and cocoanuts and sticks,

And pussy-cats in showers.

Our former porters seemed to bear

A grudge against the millionaire.

Illustration: Our three travellers tied with their backs to a stake in a stockade with human bones on the ground.

And yet the thing I minded mostWas not the ceaseless teasing(With which the Captain was engrossed),Nor being fastened to a post(Though that was far from pleasing);But hearing them remark that they“Looked forward to the following day.”

And yet the thing I minded mostWas not the ceaseless teasing(With which the Captain was engrossed),Nor being fastened to a post(Though that was far from pleasing);But hearing them remark that they“Looked forward to the following day.”

And yet the thing I minded most

Was not the ceaseless teasing

(With which the Captain was engrossed),

Nor being fastened to a post

(Though that was far from pleasing);

But hearing them remark that they

“Looked forward to the following day.”


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