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For to admire an' for to see

Quote byRudyard Kipling · 1865–1936

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Barrack-Room Ballads (1892, 1896), For to Admire, Stanza 2..

English (original)

For to admire an' for to see, For to be'old this world so wide— It never done no good to me, But I can't drop it if I tried!

— Rudyard Kipling

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