Балада про схід і захід - Сторінка 2
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"Put up the steel at your sides!
Last night ye had struck at a Border thief-to-night ‘tis a man of the Guides!"
Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgement Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
Last night ye had struck at a Border thief-to-night ‘tis a man of the Guides!"
Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgement Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!