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Rudyard Kipling's Verse
Definitive Edition
Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936)
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PRELUDE (To “Departmental Ditties”)
A GENERAL SUMMARY
ARMY HEADQUARTERS
STUDY OF AN ELEVATION, IN INDIAN INK
DELILAH
A LEGEND OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE
THE STORY OF URIAH
THE POST THAT FITTED
A CODE OF MORALS
PUBLIC WASTE
WHAT HAPPENED
THE MAN WHO COULD WRITE
PINK DOMINOES
MUNICIPAL
THE LAST DEPARTMENT
MY RIVAL
TO THE UNKNOWN GODDESS
THE RUPAIYAT OF OMAR KAL'VIN
PAGETT, M.P.
LA NUIT BLANCHE
THE LOVERS' LITANY
A BALLADE OF BURIAL
THE OVERLAND MAIL
DIVIDED DESTINIES
THE MASQUE OF PLENTY
THE MARE'S NEST
THE BALLAD OF FISHER'S BOARDING-HOUSE
POSSIBILITIES
ARITHMETIC ON THE FRONTIER
THE SONG OF THE WOMEN
THE BETROTHED
A BALLADE OF JAKKO HILL
THE PLEA OF THE SIMLA DANCERS
“AS THE BELL CLINKS”
CHRISTMAS IN INDIA
THE GRAVE OF THE HUNDRED HEAD
AN OLD SONG
CERTAIN MAXIMS OF HAFIZ
THE MOON OF OTHER DAYS
THE FALL OF JOCK GILLESPIE
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAID
THE UNDERTAKER'S HORSE
ONE VICEROY RESIGNS
THE GALLEY-SLAVE
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
IN SPRINGTIME
GIFFEN'S DEBT
TWO MONTHS
L'ENVOI (to Departmental Ditties)
THE FIRES
DEDICATION FROM “BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS”
TO THE TRUE ROMANCE
SESTINA OF THE TRAMP-ROYAL
THE MIRACLES
SONG OF THE WISE CHILDREN
ZION
BUDDHA AT KAMAKURA
THE GREEK NATIONAL ANTHEM
THE SEA-WIFE
THE BROKEN MEN
GETHSEMANE
THE SONG OF THE BANJO
THE SPIES' MARCH
THE EXPLORER
THE PRO-CONSULS
THE RUNNERS Indian Frontier, 1904
THE SEA AND THE HILLS
ANCHOR SONG
THE RHYME OF THE THREE SEALERS
McANDREW'S HYMN
MULHOLLAND'S CONTRACT
THE “MARY GLOSTER”
THE BALLAD OF THE “BOLIVAR”
THE BALLAD OF THE “CLAMPHERDOWN”
CRUISERS
THE VERDICTS
THE DESTROYERS
WHITE HORSES
A SONG IN STORM
THE DERELICT
THE MERCHANTMEN
THE SONG OF DIEGO VALDEZ
THE SECOND VOYAGE
THE OLDEST SONG
THE LINER SHE'S A LADY
THE FIRST CHANTEY
THE LAST CHANTEY
THE EXILES' LINE
THE LONG TRAIL
IN THE MATTER OF ONE COMPASS
AVE IMPERATRIX!
A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
THE HOUSES
TO THE CITY OF BOMBAY
THE GIPSY TRAIL
OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS
AN AMERICAN
THE CHOICE
THE YOUNG QUEEN
MELBOURNE SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE
THE FLOWERS
THE NATIVE-BORN
THE LOST LEGION
THE IRISH GUARDS
PHARAOH AND THE SERGEANT
THE LAST OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
KITCHENER'S SCHOOL
LORD ROBERTS
BRIDGE-GUARD IN THE KARROO
SOUTH AFRICA
THE BURIAL
RHODES MEMORIAL, TABLE MOUNTAIN
THINGS AND THE MAN
THE SETTLER
SUSSEX
MY BOY JACK
A NATIVITY
DIRGE OF DEAD SISTERS
THE VAMPIRE
THE ENGLISH FLAG
THE DEAD KING
WHEN EARTH'S LAST PICTURE IS PAINTED
“CLEARED”
THE BALLAD OF THE RED EARL
ULSTER
THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST
THE LAST SUTTEE
GENERAL JOUBERT
GEHAZI
THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S MERCY
THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S JEST
WITH SCINDIA TO DELHI
THE DOVE OF DACCA
THE BALLAD OF BOH DA THONE
THE SACRIFICE OF ER-HEB
THE LAMENT OF THE BORDER CATTLE THIEF
THE FEET OF THE YOUNG MEN
A BOY SCOUTS' PATROL SONG
THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR
RUSSIA TO THE PACIFISTS
THE PEACE OF DIVES
A SONG OF THE WHITE MEN
THE ROWERS
AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT
A DEATH-BED
ET DONA FERENTES
THE HOLY WAR
FRANCE
“BEFORE A MIDNIGHT BREAKS IN STORM”
THE BELL BUOY
THE OLD ISSUE
THE LESSON
MESOPOTAMIA
THE ISLANDERS
THE VETERANS
THE DYKES
THE DECLARATION OF LONDON
THE WAGE-SLAVES
THE SONG OF THE LATHES
RIMMON
THE SONG OF THE OLD GUARD
“THE CITY OF BRASS”
THE HYÆNAS
THE REFORMERS
THE COVENANT
THE OLD MEN
THE OUTLAWS
THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN
HYMN BEFORE ACTION
A SONG AT COCK-CROW
THE QUESTION
RECESSIONAL
“FOR ALL WE HAVE AND ARE”
THE THREE-DECKER
THE RHYME OF THE THREE CAPTAINS
THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS
EVARRA AND HIS GODS
THE BENEFACTORS
IN THE NEOLITHIC AGE
NATURAL THEOLOGY
THE STORY OF UNG
THE CRAFTSMAN
SAMUEL PEPYS
THE BONFIRES
“WHEN 'OMER SMOTE 'IS BLOOMIN' LYRE”
THE FILES
THE VIRGINITY
THE LEGENDS OF EVIL
PAN IN VERMONT
VERSES ON GAMES
TOMLINSON
EN-DOR
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
A RECANTATION (TO LYDE OF THE MUSIC HALLS)
THE EXPLANATION
A PILGRIM'S WAY
THE ANSWER
MARY'S SON
THE GIFT OF THE SEA
THE KING
THE LAST RHYME OF TRUE THOMAS
THE SONS OF MARTHA
HYMN OF BREAKING STRAIN
THE PALACE
EPITAPHS OF THE WAR
JUSTICE
SEVEN WATCHMEN
TO THOMAS ATKINS
“BOBS”
DANNY DEEVER
TOMMY
“FUZZY-WUZZY”
SOLDIER, SOLDIER
SCREW-GUNS
CELLS
GUNGA DIN
OONTS
LOOT
“SNARLEYOW”
THE WIDOW AT WINDSOR
BELTS
THE YOUNG BRITISH SOLDIER
MANDALAY
TROOPIN'
THE WIDOW'S PARTY
FORD O' KABUL RIVER
GENTLEMEN-RANKERS
ROUTE MARCHIN'
PRIVATE ORTHERIS'S SONG
SHILLIN' A DAY
“BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN”
“BIRDS OF PREY” MARCH
“SOLDIER AN' SAILOR TOO”
SAPPERS
THAT DAY
“THE MEN THAT FOUGHT AT MINDEN”
CHOLERA CAMP
THE LADIES
BILL 'AWKINS
THE MOTHER-LODGE
“FOLLOW ME 'OME”
THE SERGEANT'S WEDDIN'
THE JACKET
THE 'EATHEN
THE SHUT-EYE SENTRY
“MARY, PITY WOMEN!”
“FOR TO ADMIRE”
“THE SERVICE MAN”
THE ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR
CHANT-PAGAN
M. I.
COLUMNS
THE PARTING OF THE COLUMNS
TWO KOPJES
THE INSTRUCTOR
BOOTS
THE MARRIED MAN
LICHTENBERG
STELLENBOSCH
HALF-BALLADE OF WATERVAL
PIET
“WILFUL-MISSING”
UBIQUE
THE RETURN
“CITIES AND THRONES AND POWERS”
THE RECALL
PUCK'S SONG
THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS
A THREE-PART SONG
THE RUN OF THE DOWNS
BROOKLAND ROAD
THE SACK OF THE GODS
THE KINGDOM
TARRANT MOSS
SIR RICHARD'S SONG
A TREE SONG
THE FLOODS
CUCKOO SONG
A CHARM
THE PRAIRIE
JOBSON'S AMEN
CHAPTER HEADINGS
COLD IRON
A SONG OF KABIR
A CAROL
“MY NEW-CUT ASHLAR”
“NON NOBIS DOMINE!”
EDDI'S SERVICE
OUR LADY OF THE SACKCLOTH
THE LEGEND OF MIRTH
SHIV AND THE GRASSHOPPER
THE FAIRIES' SIEGE
THE QUEST
THE CHILDREN
A SONG TO MITHRAS
THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD
THE WASTER
OUTSONG IN THE JUNGLE
HARP SONG OF THE DANE WOMEN
THE THOUSANDTH MAN
THE WINNERS
A ST. HELENA LULLABY
CHIL'S SONG
THE CAPTIVE
THE PUZZLER
THE PRESS
HADRAMAUTI
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GALLIO'S SONG
THE BEES AND THE FLIES
ROAD-SONG OF THE BANDAR-LOG
THE FABULISTS
“OUR FATHERS ALSO”
A BRITISH-ROMAN SONG
A PICT SONG
THE STRANGER
“RIMINI”
“POOR HONEST MEN”
“WHEN THE GREAT ARK”
PROPHETS AT HOME
JUBAL AND TUBAL CAIN
THE VOORTREKKER
A SCHOOL SONG
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
“A SERVANT WHEN HE REIGNETH”
MACDONOUGH'S SONG
THE FLIGHT
“OUR FATHERS OF OLD”
DOCTORS
THE HERITAGE
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SONG OF THE FIFTH RIVER
THE CHILDREN'S SONG
PARADE-SONG OF THE CAMP-ANIMALS
IF—
GREAT-HEART
THE PRODIGAL SON
CAIN AND ABEL
THE NECESSITARIAN
REBIRTH
THE JESTER
PHILADELPHIA
A SONG OF TRAVEL
THE TWO-SIDED MAN
HORACE, Bk. V. Ode 3
“LUKANNON”
AN ASTROLOGER'S SONG
“THE POWER OF THE DOG”
THE RABBI'S SONG
THE BEE-BOY'S SONG
THE SONG OF SEVEN CITIES
THE RETURN OF THE CHILDREN
MERROW DOWN
TO JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
OLD MOTHER LAIDINWOOL
THE LAND
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How the Whale Got his Throat.
How the Camel Got his Hump.
How the Leopard Got his Spots.
The Elephant's Child.
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo.
The Beginning of the Armadilloes.
The Crab that Played with the Sea.
The Cat that Walked by Himself.
How the Rhinoceros got his Skin.
The Butterfly that Stamped.
THE LOOKING-GLASS
THE QUEEN'S MEN
A PAGEANT OF ELIZABETH
THE CITY OF SLEEP
“HELEN ALL ALONE”
THE WIDOWER
THE PRAYER OF MIRIAM COHEN
THE COMFORTERS
THE SONG OF THE LITTLE HUNTER
GOW'S WATCH
THE WISHING-CAPS
“BY THE HOOF OF THE WILD GOAT”
SONG OF THE RED WAR-BOAT
MINE SWEEPERS
MORNING SONG IN THE JUNGLE
BLUE ROSES
A RIPPLE SONG
BUTTERFLIES
MY LADY'S LAW
THE NURSING SISTER
THE LOVE SONG OF HAR DYAL
A DEDICATION (To “Soldiers Three”)
MOTHER O' MINE
THE ONLY SON
MOWGLI'S SONG AGAINST PEOPLE
ROMULUS AND REMUS
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THE EGG-SHELL
“THE TRADE”
“TIN FISH”
THE KING'S TASK
POSEIDON'S LAW
THE LOWESTOFT BOAT
A TRUTHFUL SONG
A SMUGGLER'S SONG
KING HENRY VII. AND THE SHIPWRIGHTS
THE WET LITANY
THE BALLAD OF MINEPIT SHAW
HERIOT'S FORD
FRANKIE'S TRADE
THE JUGGLER'S SONG
THE NORTH SEA PATROL
THORKILD'S SONG
“ANGUTIVAUN TAINA”
HUNTING-SONG OF THE SEEONEE PACK
SONG OF THE MEN'S SIDE
THE RUNES ON WELAND'S SWORD
DARZEE'S CHAUNT
SONG OF THE GALLEY-SLAVES
THE FOUR ANGELS
THE BEGINNINGS
THE PRAYER
THE MUSE AMONG THE MOTORS 1900–1930
SONGS WRITTEN FOR C. R. L. FLETCHER'S “A HISTORY OF ENGLAND”
VERSES FROM “LAND AND SEA TALES” 1919–1923
VERSES FROM “DEBITS AND CREDITS” 1919–1926
VERSES FROM “LIMITS AND RENEWALS”
MISCELLANEOUS VERSE
THE APPEAL
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BATTERIES OUT OF AMMUNITION
If any mourn us in the workshop, say
We died because the shift kept holiday.
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