Rudyard Kipling

“ Though her sight was not long and her weight was not small,
Yet her actions were winning, her language was clear;
And everyone bowed as she opened the ball
On the arm of some high-gaitered, grim grenadier. ”

“ As stiff as a ramrod, the flint in her teeth.
And if ever we English have reason to bless
Any arm save our mothers, that arm is Brown Bess!
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