But perished gamely, playing twenty-two;
His clubs (ten little days!) lie bleaching where
Sea-poppies blow (ten days!) and wheeling sea-birds mew ...
Caddie, give me my driver, caddie,
Let us away with thoughts like these;
A week and a-half is a lifetime, laddie,
The day that's here is the day to seize;
Carpe diem—yes, that's the motto,
"Work be jiggered!" and likewise "What ho!"
I'm not going back till I've jolly well got to!