White Man's Burden

Mr. Woolley (United States of America)
Global and WHAP
Rudyard Kipling on Imperialism
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  1. breed
    cause to procreate (animals)
    Send forth the best ye breed--
  2. exile
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
    Go, bind your sons to exile
  3. harness
    an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal
    To wait, in heavy harness,
  4. sullen
    showing a brooding ill humor
    Your new-caught sullen peoples,
  5. abide
    dwell
    In patience to abide,
  6. famine
    a severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death
    Fill full the mouth of Famine,
  7. bid
    propose a payment
    And bid the sickness cease;
  8. cease
    put an end to a state or an activity
    And bid the sickness cease;
  9. sloth
    a disinclination to work or exert yourself
    Watch sloth and heathen folly
  10. heathen
    a person who does not acknowledge your god
    Watch sloth and heathen folly
  11. folly
    the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
    Watch sloth and heathen folly
  12. toil
    work hard
    But toil of serf and sweeper--
  13. serf
    (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
    But toil of serf and sweeper--
  14. tread
    put down, place, or press the foot
    The roads ye shall not tread,
  15. reap
    get or derive
    And reap his old reward--
  16. host
    a person who invites guests to a social event
    The cry of hosts ye humour
  17. bondage
    the state of being under the control of another person
    "Why brought ye us from bondage,
  18. stoop
    bend one's back forward from the waist on down
    Ye dare not stoop to less--
  19. cloak
    a loose outer garment
    To cloak your weariness.
  20. weariness
    temporary loss of strength and energy from hard work
    To cloak your weariness.
  21. proffer
    present for acceptance or rejection
    The lightly-proffered laurel,
  22. judgment
    the act of assessing a person or situation or event
    The judgment of your peers
  23. peer
    look searchingly
    The judgment of your peers
Created on Thu Nov 14 10:47:44 EST 2013

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