Keith-

One can follow the discussion of "looking Eastward" or "looking lazy" back and forth. In draft I believe it was "looking Eastward" but the editors had problems with that and somehow it got changed. For some reason, the singers persist in singing the line "looking Eastward" and it's true if you look Eastward far enough you end up looking at what's West.

Kipling agreed to the change and why argue with that.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble