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JOHN RUNCIE.

Then out of De Doorns she thundered, and over the starved Karoo,
Dwindling the hills behind her, farther and farther she flew;
And I know not which to praise the more—these moon-shot hills of God,
Or the genius of the men who planned and made the glorious road.

John Runcie.