Poems by Rudyard Kipling
"Back To The Army Again"
... "Good-day - You'll please to come when you're rung for, an' 'ere's your 'ole back-pay ...
The Secret of the Machinery
... We can print and plough and weave and heat and light, ...
How the Whale Got His Throat
... Why, then you will know (if you haven't guessed) ...
The Bee-Boy's Song
... "Hide from your neighbours as much as you please, ...
How It All Began
... So we settled it all when the storm was done ...
Municipal
... Found the Main Drain sewage outfall blocked, some eight feet up, with mire ...
The Ballad Of Boh Da Thone
... . . The visions departed, and Shame followed Passion: - ...
A Departure
... (As it was when the long-ships scudded through the gale ...
The Butterfly That Stamped
... When they took their walks abroad! ...
Evil Land
... There is danger beneath and o'erhead ...
The Four Points
... Sith main-roads for side-roads care nothing, have care ...
Gentlemen-Rankers
... se of Reuben holds us till an alien turf enfolds us And we die, and none can tell Them where we died ...
How the Camel Got his Hump
... that is black and blue!The cure for this ill is not to sit still, Or frowst with a book by the fire ...
McAndrew's Hymn
... Most High!An' I ha' done what I ha' done--judge Thou if ill or well--Always Thy Grace preventin' me ...
An Only Son
... She(Blessing her slayer) died of grief for me ...
