heh. well, yes
KS
On 17/12/2007, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I was thinking Kipling.
>
> On Dec 17, 2007 11:34 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > And with a smidgen of Banjo Patterson??
> > Cheers P
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of kasper salonen
> > Sent: 17 December 2007 08:57
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Poem: The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy
> >
> > are you sure Joe Green didn't write this?
> >
> > KS
> >
> > On 17/12/2007, Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > The Man He Killed
> > >
> > > by Thomas Hardy
> > >
> > >
> > > Had he and I but met
> > > By some old ancient inn,
> > > We should have set us down to wet
> > > Right many a nipperkin!
> > >
> > > But ranged as infantry,
> > > And staring face to face,
> > > I shot at him as he at me,
> > > And killed him in his place.
> > >
> > > I shot him dead because--
> > > Because he was my foe,
> > > Just so: my foe of course he was;
> > > That's clear enough; although
> > >
> > > He thought he'd 'list, perhaps,
> > > Off-hand like--just as I--
> > > Was out of work--had sold his traps--
> > > No other reason why.
> > >
> > > Yes; quaint and curious war is!
> > > You shoot a fellow down
> > > You'd treat, if met where any bar is,
> > > Or help to half a crown.
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> > > Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/joncpoetics/
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > >
> >
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