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A Pilgrims Way
Cells
Cities And Thrones And Powers
Danny Deever
Dedication
Edgehill Fight
Fuzzy-wuzzy
Gunga Din
If
Loot
Screw-guns
Soldier, Soldier
The Answer
The Ballad Of East And West
The Disciple
The Explanation
The Female Of The Species
The Gods Of The Copybook Headings
The Legend Of Evil
The Lost Legion
The Miracles
The Power Of The Dog
The Song Of The Dead
The Sons Of Martha
The Vampire
The White Mans Burden
To Wolcott Balestier
Tommy
When Earths Last Picture Is Painted
When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted of When Earths Last Picture Is Painted - by Kipling, Rudyard
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When Earth's last picture is painted
And the tubes are twisted and dried
When the oldest colors have faded
And the youngest critic has died
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it
Lie down for an aeon or two
'Till the Master of all good workmen
Shall put us to work anew
And those that were good shall be happy
They'll sit in a golden chair
They'll splash at a ten league canvas
With brushes of comet's hair
They'll find real saints to draw from
Magdalene, Peter, and Paul
They'll work for an age at a sitting
And never be tired at all.
And only the Master shall praise us.
And only the Master shall blame.
And no one will work for the money.
No one will work for the fame.
But each for the joy of the working,
And each, in his separate star,
Will draw the thing as he sees it.
For the God of things as they are!

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