From Rudyard Kipling's short story,
"The Village that Voted the Earth Was Flat":
"Hear the truth our tongues are telling!
Spread the light from shore to shore!
God hath given Man a dwelling,
Flat and flat forevermore!
"When the primal dark retreated,
When the deeps were undesigned,
He with rule and level meted
Habitation for Mankind!
"Hear the truth our tongues are telling!
Spread the light from shore to shore!
Oh, be faithful! Oh, be truthful!
Earth is flat forevermore!"
Kipling probably composed this himself, leaving the melody to one's imagination. Nevertheless, if any antiquarian should come across a melody that fits, we would love to hear about it.
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