The Carolyn Wells year book of old favorites and new fancies for 1909; . Tiads whoBefore us rode the Sandy Desert through,Xot one returns to tell us of the Road,^Miich to discover we ride smilinsr. too. We are no other than a mo\ing Row Of Magic Xiger-shapes that come and go Round with the Smile-illumined Tiger heldIn Midnight bv the Master of the Show. Tennyson would have seen a dramatic opportunity-, and wouldhave gloried in his chance, thus: A Vindication of the Limerick—{Continued). Half a league, half a league, On the big tiger,Rode with a smiling face The lady of Mad Rushed the N
The Carolyn Wells year book of old favorites and new fancies for 1909; . Tiads whoBefore us rode the Sandy Desert through,Xot one returns to tell us of the Road,^Miich to discover we ride smilinsr. too. We are no other than a mo\ing Row Of Magic Xiger-shapes that come and go Round with the Smile-illumined Tiger heldIn Midnight bv the Master of the Show. Tennyson would have seen a dramatic opportunity-, and wouldhave gloried in his chance, thus: A Vindication of the Limerick—{Continued). Half a league, half a league, On the big tiger,Rode with a smiling face The lady of Mad Rushed the Noble Steed.* Mad rushed tlir noble stood,Smiled she and look no hood;Smiled at the breakneck speedOf the bi«r ti<ror. A Vindication of the Limerick -{Continued), Boldly they plunged and swayed,Fearless and unafraid,—Tiger and lovely maid, Fair and beguiling;Flashd she her sunny smiles,Flashd oer the sunlit miles;Then they rode back, but not—. Not the same smiling! When can their glory fade ?O the wild charge they made, Riding from Niger!Honor the ride they made!Honor the smiles displayed, Lady and Tiger! Kipling, of course, would have seized the theme for a fine andstirring Barrack-Room Ballad: What is the lady smiling for? Said Files-on-Parade. - *^Shes going for a tiger ride, The Color-Sergeant said;What makes her smile so gay, so gay? Said Files-on-Parade;She likes to go for tiger rides, The Color-Sergeant shes riding on the tiger, you can see his stately stride; When theyre returning home again, shell take a place inside; And on the tigers face wil
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