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{{quote|''This glancing life is like a morning star |
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''A setting sun, or rolling waves at sea |
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''A gentle breeze or lightning in a storm |
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''A dancing dream of all eternity |
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''The sand was shimmering in the morning light |
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''And dancing off the dunes so far away |
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''The night held music so sweet, so long |
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''And there we lay until the break of day |
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''We woke that morning at the onward call |
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''Our camels bridled up, our howdahs full |
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''The sun was rising in the eastern sky |
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''Just as we set out to the desert's cry |
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''Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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This glancing life is like a morning star |
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''The tents grew smaller as we rode away |
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''On earth that tells of many passing days |
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''The months of peace and all the years of war |
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''The lives of love and all the lives of fears |
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''Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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A setting sun, or rolling waves at sea |
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''We crossed the river beds all etched in stone |
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''And up the mighty mountains ever known |
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''Beyond the valleys in the searing heat |
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''Until we reached the caravanserai |
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''Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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A gentle breeze or lightning in a storm |
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''Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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''What is this life that pulls me far away |
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A dancing dream of all eternity |
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''What is that home where we cannot reside |
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''What is that quest that pulls me onward |
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''My heart is full when you are by my side |
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''Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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''Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you''|"Caravanserai" by Lorena McKennitt}} |
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{{quote|''When spring-time flushes the desert grass, |
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The sand was shimmering in the morning light |
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''Our kafilas wind through the Khyber Pass. |
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''Lean are the camels but fat the frails, |
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And dancing off the dunes so far away |
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''Light are the purses but heavy the bales, |
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''As the snowbound trade of the North comes down |
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The night held music so sweet, so long |
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''To the market-square of Peshawur town. |
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And there we lay until the break of day |
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We woke that morning at the onward call |
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Our camels bridled up, our howdahs full |
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The sun was rising in the eastern sky |
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Just as we set out to the desert's cry |
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Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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The tents grew smaller as we rode away |
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On earth that tells of many passing days |
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The months of peace and all the years of war |
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The lives of love and all the lives of fears |
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Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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We crossed the river beds all etched in stone |
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And up the mighty mountains ever known |
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Beyond the valleys in the searing heat |
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Until we reached the caravanserai |
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Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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What is this life that pulls me far away |
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What is that home where we cannot reside |
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What is that quest that pulls me onward |
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My heart is full when you are by my side |
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Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you |
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-Caravanserai by Lorena McKennitt |
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When spring-time flushes the desert grass, |
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Our kafilas wind through the Khyber Pass. |
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Lean are the camels but fat the frails, |
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Light are the purses but heavy the bales, |
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As the snowbound trade of the North comes down |
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To the market-square of Peshawur town. |
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In a turquoise twilight, crisp and chill, |
''In a turquoise twilight, crisp and chill, |
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A kafila camped at the foot of the hill. |
''A kafila camped at the foot of the hill. |
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Then blue smoke-haze of the cooking rose, |
''Then blue smoke-haze of the cooking rose, |
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And tent-peg answered to hammer-nose; |
''And tent-peg answered to hammer-nose; |
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And the picketed ponies, shag and wild, |
''And the picketed ponies, shag and wild, |
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Strained at their ropes as the feed was piled; |
''Strained at their ropes as the feed was piled; |
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And the bubbling camels beside the load |
''And the bubbling camels beside the load |
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Sprawled for a furlong adown the road; |
''Sprawled for a furlong adown the road; |
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And the Persian pussy-cats, brought for sale, |
''And the Persian pussy-cats, brought for sale, |
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Spat at the dogs from the camel-bale; |
''Spat at the dogs from the camel-bale; |
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And the tribesmen bellowed to hasten the food; |
''And the tribesmen bellowed to hasten the food; |
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And the camp-fires twinkled by Fort Jumrood; |
''And the camp-fires twinkled by Fort Jumrood; |
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And there fled on the wings of the gathering dusk |
''And there fled on the wings of the gathering dusk |
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A savour of camels and carpets and musk, |
''A savour of camels and carpets and musk, |
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A murmur of voices, a reek of smoke, |
''A murmur of voices, a reek of smoke, |
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To tell us the trade of the Khyber woke. |
''To tell us the trade of the Khyber woke.''|''The Ballad of the Kings Jest'' by Rudyard Kipling}} |
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-''The Ballad of the Kings Jest'' by Rudyard Kipling |
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{{quote|Comprador's Report: "Taipan present prices per unit here are, Opium 16500, Silk 1100, Arms 120, General 5. Shall I Buy, Sell, Quit trading, Transfer cargo, Visit bank?|Classic electronic trading game, ''Taipan''}} |
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Comprador's Report: "Taipan present prices per unit here are, Opium 16500, Silk 1100, Arms 120, General 5. Shall I Buy, Sell, Quit trading, Transfer cargo, Visit bank? |
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Classic electronic trading game, ''Taipan.'' |
Revision as of 00:25, 16 August 2016
This glancing life is like a morning star —"Caravanserai" by Lorena McKennitt
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When spring-time flushes the desert grass, —The Ballad of the Kings Jest by Rudyard Kipling
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Comprador's Report: "Taipan present prices per unit here are, Opium 16500, Silk 1100, Arms 120, General 5. Shall I Buy, Sell, Quit trading, Transfer cargo, Visit bank?
—Classic electronic trading game, Taipan
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