Now India Is A Place Beyond All

Smells Are Surer Than Sounds Or Sights To Make Your Heartstrings Crack.

'e's All'ot Sand An' Ginger When Alive, An''e's Generally Shammin' When'e's Dead.

On The Road To Mandalay, Where The Flyin'-fishes Play, An' The Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder Outer; China 'crost The Bay!

If The Aunt Of The Vicar Has Never Touched Liquor, Watch Out When She Finds The Champagne.

Often And Often Afterwards, The Beloved Aunt Would Ask Me Why I Had Never Told Anyone How I Was Being Treated. Children Tell Little More Than Animals, For What Comes To Them They Accept As Eternally Established.