https://ia903001.us.archive.org/11/items/seven_seas_1903_librivox/sevenseas_16_kipling_128kb.mp3
This poem describes Americans who pretend to be Russian sailors. It is a fearsome battle, Kipling's most bellicose poem. If you are Russian, you will love this poem. He describes the scoundrels' fear of the Russian Navy and violent trade. Rudyard Kipling, an Indian who became Britain's national poet, wrote about common people in the British Empire. In this rare exception, he describes unscrupulous Americans, who fight and steal from each other, skinning seals alive. Great quotes: "English they were, and Japanee (Japanese) . . . but the worst of all was Yank (American)."
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