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PART I: RIVERS

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I couldn’t shake hands with a Colonel;

And Majors I muchly detest

All Captains to regions infernal

I consign with both gusto and zest

To Subalterns blankly uncivil,

I pronounce as my final belief,

That the man most akin to the “divvle”

Is that fiend—the Commander in Chief.

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PART II: LIVERPOOL AND LIMERICK

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“ I’d got lots of time to do it; but there wasn’t much to do

When I was made head-keeper—of the pheasants at the Zoo. ”

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PART III: SHERSTON’S DIARY, FOUR MONTHS

“ Beyond the rumour even of Paradise come,

There, out of all remembrance, make our home. ”

PART IV: FINAL EXPERIENCES

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“ Across the vast blue shadow-sweeping plain

The gathered armies darken through the grain

Swinging curved swords and dragon-sculptured spears,

Footmen, and tiger-hearted cavaliers. ”

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