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An ill way--a chill way--the ice begins to crack.
But not so far for gentlemen who never took advice.
(When you can't go forward you must e'en come back!)

"How far is St. Helena from the field of Waterloo?"
A near way--a clear way--the ship will take you soon.
A pleasant place for gentlemen with little left to do.
(Morning never tries you till the afternoon!)

"How far from St. Helena to the Gate of Heaven's Grace?"
That no one knows--that no one knows--and no one ever wil...Read more of this...

...you've got to get back to my Boys,
You've got to get back to warn 'em before it's the break of day."

The order came to go forward to a trench-line traced on the map;
I knew the brass-hats had blundered, I knew and I told 'em so;
I knew if I did as they ordered I would tumble into a trap,
And I tried to explain, but the answer came like a pistol: "Go."

Then I thought of the Boys I commanded -- I always called them "my Boys" --
The men of my own recruiting, the lads of my cou...Read more of this...

...ubt the course I took no longer,
Since those I love seem satisfied.
The bond between them will grow stronger
As they go forward side by side;
Then will my pains be jusfied.
Their joy is mine, and that is best—
I am not totally bereft;
For I have still the mem'ry left—
Love stopped with me—a Royal Guest!
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...ful
 mien, 
 Gave answer. "Heed not that they boast. Forget 
 The fear thou showest, and in good heart abide, 
 While I go forward. Not these fiends obscene 
 Shall thwart the mandate that the Power supplied 
 By which we came, nor any force to do 
 The things they threaten is theirs; nor think that I 
 Should leave thee helpless here." 
 The
 gentle Sage 
 At this went forward. Feared I? Half I knew 
 Despair, and half contentment. Yes and no 
 Denied each other; and of so g...Read more of this...

...d you more, 
For I should say it only in a language 
That you are not to learn by going back.
To be a child again is to go forward— 
And that is much to know. Many grow old, 
And fade, and go away, not knowing how much 
That is to know. Mary, the night is coming, 
And there will soon be darkness all around you.
Let us go down where Martha waits for us, 
And let there be light shining in this house.” 

He rose, but Mary would not let him go: 
“Martha, when she came back from h...Read more of this...

...,
At the charge of the bayonet, which soon ended the fight. 

Sir Colin Campbell he did loudly cry,
Let the Highlanders go forward, they will win or die,
We'll hae nane but Hieland bonnets here,
So forward, my lads, and give one ringing cheer. 

Then boldly and quickly they crossed the river,
But not one amongst them with fear did shiver,
And ascended the height, forming quietly on the crest,
While each man seemed anxious to do his best. 

The battle was fought by twenty agai...Read more of this...

...thousand years."


BOTH LEADERS:

King Solomon he had four hundred sons. 

[The two, with a manner almost a cake walk, go forward.]


CONGREGATION:

We were the sons. 

[On this line, King and Queen pause before the footlights.]


BOTH LEADERS:

Crowned by the throngs again, 

[Pantomime of crowning the audience.]

You shall make songs again, 

[On this line they walk backward, playing great imaginary harps.]

Singing along
For ten thousand years.


BOTH LEADERS:

He gave ea...Read more of this...

...e a man, 
Each gript a shoulder, and I stood between; 
And, when I would have smitten them, heard a voice, 
`Doubt not, go forward; if thou doubt, the beasts 
Will tear thee piecemeal.' Then with violence 
The sword was dashed from out my hand, and fell. 
And up into the sounding hall I past; 
But nothing in the sounding hall I saw, 
No bench nor table, painting on the wall 
Or shield of knight; only the rounded moon 
Through the tall oriel on the rolling sea. 
But always in ...Read more of this...

...agonies; 
And under these
He may cry out and stay on horribly; 
Or, seeing in death too small a thing to fear, 
He may go forward like a stoic Roman 
Where pangs and terrors in his pathway lie,— 
Or, seizing the swift logic of a woman,
Curse God and die. 

Or maybe there, like many another one 
Who might have stood aloft and looked ahead, 
Black-drawn against wild red, 
He may have built, unawed by fiery gules
That in him no commotion stirred, 
A living reason out of molecul...Read more of this...

...the rain 
will find us far 
from anything, crossing 
the great meadows 
the sun had hidden in. 
Hand in hand, we 
will go forward toward nothing 
while our clothes darken 
and our faces stream 
with the sweet waters 
of heaven. Your eyes, 
suddenly deep and dark in that light, 
will overflow with joy 
or sadness, with all 
you have no names for. 
This is who you are. 
That other life below 
was what you dreamed 
and I am the man beside you....Read more of this...

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