Kipling, Rudyard . Songs from Books
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ELEPHANTS OF THE GUN-TEAMS



We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules,
The wisdom of our foreheads, the cunning of our knees.
We bowed our necks to service; they ne'er were loosed again, --
Make way there, way for the ten-foot teams
Of the Forty-Pounder train!