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Thread #24426 Message #3305792
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
11-Feb-12 - 02:36 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: On the Road to Mandalay (Kipling)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: On the Road to Mandalay (Kipling)
I like "eastward" in v1.
Kipling liked it too.
He changed it to a lesser version to appease pedants.
It is an old soldier's imperfect reminiscences, not a Geography lesson.