E-text prepared by Stephen Hope, Joseph Cooper, Stephen Blundell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) THE SEVEN SEAS by Rudyard Kipling Author of Many Inventions, Barrack-Room Ballads, The Jungle Books, Etc. [Illustration] New York D. Appleton and Company 1900 Copyright, 1896, by Rudyard Kipling This book is also protected by copyright under the laws of Great Britain, and the several poems contained herein have also been severally copyrighted in the United States of America. CONTENTS. PAGE DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF BOMBAY V A SONG OF THE ENGLISH 1 THE FIRST CHANTEY 18 THE LAST CHANTEY 21 THE MERCHANTMEN 26 MCANDREWS' HYMN 31 THE MIRACLES 46 THE NATIVE-BORN 48 THE KING 54 THE RHYME OF THE THREE SEALERS 57 THE DERELICT 71 THE SONG OF THE BANJO 74 "THE LINER SHE'S A LADY" 80 MULHOLLAND'S CONTRACT 83 ANCHOR SONG 87 THE SEA-WIFE 90 HYMN BEFORE ACTION 93 TO THE TRUE ROMANCE 96 THE FLOWERS 100 THE LAST RHYME OF TRUE THOMAS 104 THE STORY OF UNG 113 THE THREE-DECKER 118 AN AMERICAN 123 THE MARY GLOSTER 126 SESTINA OF THE TRAMP-ROYAL 141 BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS. "BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN" 145 "BIRDS OF PREY" MARCH 149 "SOLDIER AN' SAILOR TOO" 152 SAPPERS 156 THAT DAY 160 "THE MEN THAT FOUGHT AT MINDEN" 163 CHOLERA CAMP 167 THE LADIES 171 BILL 'AWKINS 175 THE MOTHER-LODGE 177 "FOLLOW ME 'OME" 181 THE SERGEANT'S WEDDIN' 184 THE JACKET 187 THE 'EATHEN 191 THE SHUT-EYE SENTRY 198 "MARY, PITY WOMEN!" 202 FOR TO ADMIRE 205 L'ENVOI 208 DEDICATION To The City Of Bombay. The Cities are full of pride, Challenging each to each-- This from her mountain-side, That from her burthened beach.