by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Away by the lands of the Japanee
Language: English
Away by the lands of the Japanee Where the paper lanterns glow And the crews of all the shipping drink In the house of Blood Street Joe, At twilight, when the landward breeze Brings up the harbour noise, And ebb of Yokohama Bay Swigs chattering through the buoys, In Cisco’s Dewdrop Dining Rooms They tell the tale anew Of a hidden sea and a hidden fight, When the Baltic ran from the Northern Light And the Stralsund fought the two.
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- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), no title, written 1893, excerpt from  [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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