The Dying Chauffeur

The Dying Chauffeur written by Rudyard Kipling

First published in The Muse Among the Motors (1904).

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                                                           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!