Dane-geld (poem)
Poem by Rudyard Kipling / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Dane-geld" is a poem by British writer Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). It relates to the unwisdom of paying "Danegeld", or what is nowadays called blackmail and protection money. The most famous lines are "once you have paid him the Danegeld/ You never get rid of the Dane."