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The Dying Chauffeur
written by Rudyard Kipling
First published in The Muse Among the Motors (1904). Link to further information




                                                           Adam Lindsay Gordon.

Wheel me gently to the garage, since my car and I must part —
     No more for me the record and the run.
That cursed left-hand cylinder the doctors call my heart
     Is pinking past redemption — I am done!

They'll never strike a mixture that'll help me pull my load.
     My gears are stripped — I cannot set my brakes.
I am entered for the finals down the timeless untimed Road
     To the Maker of the makers of all makes!