Puck of Pook's Hill :: THE CHILDREN'S SONG

THE CHILDREN'S SONG

Rudyard Kipling

Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee

Our love and toil in the years to be,

When we are grown and take our place,

As men and women with our race.

Father in Heaven who lovest all,

Oh help Thy children when they call;

That they may build from age to age,

An undefiled heritage!

Teach us to bear the yoke in youth,

With steadfastness and careful truth;

That, in our time, Thy Grace may give

The Truth whereby the Nations live.

Teach us to rule ourselves alway,

Controlled and cleanly night and day;

That we may bring, if need arise,

No maimed or worthless sacrifice.

Teach us to look in all our ends,

On Thee for judge, and not our friends;

That we, with Thee, may walk uncowed

By fear or favour of the crowd.

Teach us the Strength that cannot seek,

By deed or thought, to hurt the weak;

That, under Thee, we may possess

Man’s strength to comfort man’s distress.

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Teach us Delight in simple things,

And Mirth that has no bitter springs;

Forgiveness free of evil done,

And Love to all men ’neath the sun!

Land of our Birth, our Faith our Pride,

For whose dear sake our fathers died;

O Motherland, we pledge to thee,

Head, heart, and hand through the years to be!

The following typographical errors were corrected:

	page 7, “Pyramis” changed to “Pyramus”
	page 9, quotes added before “couldn’t” and “I”
	page 13, “draggons” changed to “dragons”
	page 27, quote added before “Late”
	page 43, “summons” changed to “summon”
	page 51, “we” added before “do”
	page 62, double quote changed to single quote after “pirate-folk?”
	page 64, semicolon added after “Yes”
	page 68, double “said” removed, single quote changed to double quote after “kill!”
	page 69, comma added after “Kitai”
	page 76, double “where” removed
	page 85, quote added after “gold!”
	page 97, quote removed after “Aquila.”
	page 99, “shouder” changed to “shoulder”, single quote changed to double quote after “Look!”
	page 102, “learned” changed to “leaned”
	page 103, “a” added between “is” and “good”
	page 108, quote removed before “At”
	page 110, single quote changed to double quote before “But”
	page 127, quote added after “catapult,”, quote removed after “Una.”, “quicky” changed to “quickly”
	page 128, comma removed after “bigger”
	page 135, “hmself” changed to “himself”
	page 137, “did'nt” changed to “didn’t”
	page 141, quote added before “But”
	page 142, single quote changed to double quote after “reason,”
	page 143, “Cylops” changed to “Cyclops”
	page 152, “Caesar” changed to “CÆsar”
	page 153, comma added after “children,”
	page 156, quote added after “make.”
	page 160, comma added after “No”, period added after “up”
	page 166, quote added after “thoughts.”
	page 170, double quote changed to single quote before “Sorry”
	page 184, single quote changed to double quote after “Man.”
	page 188, single quote changed to double quote after “him,”, “to-day?” and “finished!”
	page 193, quote added after “letter.”
	page 205, parenthesis added after “complain”
	page 214, period added after “lime.”
	page 218, “sepentines” changed to “serpentines”
	page 224, quote added after “voice.”
	page 235, apostroph moved after “conjurin’.”
	page 237, quote added before “Dymchurch”
	page 239, apostroph and comma changed after “nothin’,“
	page 240, “shouder” changed to “shoulder”
	page 241, apostroph and periodchanged after “bein’.”
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	page 248, comma removed after “Robin”
	page 260, “asid” changed to “said”
	page 269, “stubborness” changed to “stubbornness”
	page 275, quote added before “I”, “burne” changed to “burn”

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