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.”