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Rudyard Kipling

December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: Glossary of terms in poetry by Rudyard Kipling Aa—or - Cahors? 1051066
2: "Birds Of Prey" March March! The mud is cakin' good about our trousies. 1103
3: A Ballad Of Jakkko Hill One moment bid the horses wait, 1837
4: A Ballade Of Burial If down here I chance to die, 1329
5: A Bank Fraud He drank strong waters and his speech was coarse; 1401
6: A Boy Scouts' Patrol Song These are our regulations, 1913 1251
7: A British-Roman Song My father's father saw it not, 1089
8: A Carol Our Lord Who did the Ox command 963
9: A Charm Take of English earth as much 930
10: A Child's Garden Now there is nothing wrong with me 1255
11: A Code Of Morals Lest you should think this story true 1072
12: A Counting-Out Song What is the song the children sing, 854
13: A Dead Statesman I could not dig; I dared not rob: 1205
14: A Death-Bed This is the State above the Law. 1918 1110
15: A Dedication And they were stronger hands than mine 1055
16: A Dedication To Soldiers Three And they were stronger hands than mine 1031
17: A Departure Since first the White Horse Banner blew free, 1057
18: A General Summary We are very slightly changed 1049
19: A Legend Of The Foreign Office This is the reason why Rustum Beg, 711
20: A Legend Of Truth Once on a time, the ancient legends tell, 821
21: A Lover's Journey When a lover hies abroad 1080
22: A Nativity The Babe was laid in the Manger 681
23: A Pageant Of Elizabeth Like Princes crowned they bore them, 711
24: A Pict Song Rome never looks where she treads. 993
25: A Pilgrim's Way I do not look for holy saints to guide me on my way 1004
26: A Preface To all to whom this little book may come, 783
27: A Recantation What boots it on the Gods to call? 1917 945
28: A Rector's Memory The, Gods that are wiser than Learning 1054
29: A Ripple Song Once red ripple came to land 1057
30: A School Song Let us now praise famous men", 1058
31: A Servant When He Reigneth Three things make earth unquiet 1057
32: A Smuggler's Song If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, 853
33: A Song At Cock-Crow The first time that Peter denied his Lord 1918 684
34: A Song In Storm Be well assured that on our side 1058
35: A Song In The Desert Friend, thou beholdest the lightning? Who has the charge of it, 1927 36939
36: A Song Of Bananas (Brazilian Verses) Have you no Bananas, simple townsmen all? 301015
37: A Song Of French Roads Now praise the Gods of Time and Chance 1923 64915
38: A Song Of Kabir Oh, light was the world that he weighed in his hands! 852
39: A Song Of The English Fair is our lot, O goodly is our heritage! 908
40: A Song Of The White Men Now, this is the cup the White Men drink 1899 929
41: A Song Of Travel Where's the lamp that Hero lit 1092
42: A Song To Mithras Mithras, God of the Morning, our trumpets waken the Wall! 16900
43: A St. Helena Lullaby How far is St. Helena from a little child at play! 985
44: A Tale Of Two Cities Where the sober-colored cultivator smiles 1021
45: A Three-Part Song I'm just in love with all these three, 734
46: A Translation There are whose study is of smells, 867
47: A Tree Song Of all the trees that grow so fair, 942
48: A Truthful Song I tell this tale, which is strictly true, 948
49: Akbar’s Bridge Jelaludin Muhammed Akbar, Guardian of Mankind, 50991
50: Alnaschar And The Oxen There's a pasture in a valley where the hanging woods divide, 1046
51: An American If the Led Striker call it a strike, 1894 917
52: An Astrologer's Song To the Heavens above us 711
53: An Imperial Rescript Now this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser decreed, 842
54: An Old Song So long as 'neath the Kalka hills 1009
55: Anchor Song Heh! Walk her round. Heave, ah, heave her short again! 927
56: Angutivaun Taina Our gloves are stiff with the frozen blood, 745
57: Arithmetic On The Frontier A great and glorious thing it is 896
58: Army Headquarters Old is the song that I sing, 719
59: Arterial Frost upon small rain the ebony-lacquered avenue 968
60: As The Bell Clinks As I left the Halls at Lumley, rose the vision of a comely 917
61: At His Execution I am made all things to all men, 1013
62: Ave Imperatrix! From every quarter of your land 1882 28941
63: Azrael's Count Lo! The Wild Cow of the Desert, her yeanling estrayed from her, 1930 874
64: Back To The Army Again I'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at, 734
65: Ballad Of Fisher's Boarding-House T was Fultah Fisher's boarding-house, 968
66: Banquet Night Once in so often," King Solomon said, 690
67: Barrack-Room Ballads When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, 764
68: Beast And Man In India They killed a Child to please the Gods 739
69: Before A Midnight Breaks In Storm Before a midnight breaks in storm, 1903 722
70: Belts There was a row in Silver Street that's near to Dublin Quay, 772
71: Big Steamers Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Steamers, 763
72: Bill 'Awkins As anybody seen Bill 'Awkins?" 701
73: Birds Of Prey March March! The mud is cakin' good about our trousies. 790
74: Blue Roses Roses red and roses white 839
75: Bobs There's a little red-faced man, 785
76: Boots We're foot, slog, slog, slog, sloggin' over Africa, 823
77: Bridge-Guard In The Karroo Sudden the desert changes, 1901 715
78: Brookland Road I was very well pleased with what I knowed, 754
79: Brown Bess In the days of lace-ruffles, perukes and brocade 694
80: Buddha At Kamakura O ye who tread the Narrow Way 1892 748
81: Butterflies Eyes aloft, over dangerous places, 813
82: By The Hoof Of The Wild Goat By the Hoof of the Wild Goat uptossed 714
83: By Word Of Mouth Not though you die to-night, O Sweet, and wail, 741
84: Cain And Abel Cain and Abel were brothers born. 1934 781
85: Carmen Circulare Dellius, that car which, night and day, 668
86: Cells I've a head like a concertina: I've a tongue like a button-stick, 700
87: Certain Maxims Of Hafiz If It be pleasant to look on, stalled in the packed serai, 636
88: Chant-Pagan Me that 'ave been what I've been, 702
89: Chapter Headings Look, you have cast out Love! What Gods are these 677
90: Chapter Headings - Just-So Stories When the cabin port-holes are dark and green 188672
91: Chapter Headings - Kim Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised, 8710
92: Chapter Headings - Life’s Handicap The doors were wide, the story saith, 52704
93: Chapter Headings - Many Inventions Less you want your toes trod off you’d better get back at once, 10685
94: Chapter Headings - The Light That Failed So we settled it all when the storm was done 69669
95: Chapter Headings - The Naulahka There was a strife ’twixt man and maid 117649
96: Chartres Windows Colour fulfils where Music has no power: 1925 14897
97: Chil’s Song These were my companions going forth by night 21726
98: Cholera Camp We've got the cholerer in camp, it's worse than forty fights; 653
99: Christmas In India Dim dawn behind the tamerisks, the sky is saffron-yellow, 639
100: Cities And Thrones And Powers Cities and Thrones and Powers 730
101: Cleared Help for a patriot distressed, a spotless spirit hurt, 759
102: Cold Iron Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, 753
103: Columns Out o' the wilderness, dusty an' dry 735
104: Common Form If any questions why we died, 749
105: Contradictions The drowsy carrier sways 681
106: Covenent We thought we ranked above the chance of ill. 1914 662
107: Cruisers As our mother the Frigate, bepainted and fine, 1899 700
108: Cuckoo Song Tell it to the locked-up trees, 633
109: Cupid's Arrows Pit where the buffalo cooled his hide, 781
110: Dane-Geld It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation 763
111: Danny Deever What are the bugles blowin' for?" said Files-on-Parade. 759
112: Darzee's Chaunt Singer and tailor am I, 767
113: Death Of A Believer Yet at the last, ere our spearmen had found him, 728
114: Dedication The Cities are full of pride, Challenging each to each 773
115: Dedication From “Barrack Room Ballads” Beyond the path of the outmost sun through utter darkness hurled, 27715
116: Deep Sea Cables The wrecks dissolve above us; their dust drops down from afar, 759
117: Delilah We have another viceroy now, those days are dead and done 674
118: Dinah In Heaven She did not know that she was dead, 722
119: Dirge of Dead Sisters Who recalls the twilight and the ranged tents in order 1902 672
120: Divided Destinies It was an artless Bandar, and he danced upon a pine, 601
121: Doctors Man dies too soon, beside his works half-planned. 1923 686
122: Eddi's Service Eddi, priest of St. Wilfrid 620
123: Edgehill Fight Naked and grey the Cotswolds stand 600
124: En-Dor The road to En-dor is easy to tread 675
125: England's Answer Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; 654
126: Epitaphs Of The War A. “I was a Have.” B. “I was a ‘have-not.’” 179799
127: Et Dona Ferentes In extended observation of the ways and works of man, 1896 654
128: Evarra And His Gods This is the story of Evarra, man, 704
129: Evil Land We meet in an evil land 676
130: False Dawn To-night, God knows what thing shall tide, 678
131: Farewell And Adieu... Farewell and adieu to you, 839
132: Fastness This is the end whereto men toiled 684
133: Follow Me 'ome There was no one like 'im, 'Orse or Foot, 684
134: For All We Have And Are For all we have and are, 1914 696
135: For To Admire he Injian Ocean sets an' smiles 647
136: Ford o' Kabul River Kabul town's by Kabul river, 629
137: Four-Feet I have done mostly what most men do, 584
138: Fox-Hunting When Samson set my brush afire 1933 569
139: France Broke to every known mischance, lifted over all 1913 607
140: Frankie's Trade Old Horn to All Atlantic said: 673
141: From Lyden’s ‘Irenius’ - Act III. Sc. II. Gow. Had it been your Prince instead of a groom caught in this noose there’s not an astrologer of the city, 16859
142: From The Masjid-Al-Aqsa Of Sayyid Ahmed (Wahabi Not with an outcry to Allah nor any complaining 18894
143: Fuzzy-Wuzzy We've fought with many men acrost the seas, 763
144: Gallio's Song All day long to the judgment-seat 950
145: Gehazi Whence comest thou, Gehazi, 1915 960
146: General Joubert With those that bred, with those that loosed the strife, 1900 943
147: Gentlmen-Rankers To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned, 942
148: Gertrude's Prayer That which is marred at birth Time shall not mend, 887
149: Gethsemane The Garden called Gethsemane 1017
150: Giffen's Debt Imprimus he was "broke." Thereafter left 886
151: Gipsy Vans Unless you come of the gipsy stock 891
152: Gods Of The East Because I sought it far from men, 628
153: Gow’s Watch : Act II. Scene 2. Your tiercel’s too long at hack, Sir. He’s no eyass 96823
154: Gow’s Watch : Act IV. Scene 4. Fatherless folk go furthest. These loud pagans 37908
155: Gow’s Watch : Act V. scene 3 Here’s earnest of the Queen’s submission. 102793
156: Great-Heart Concerning brave Captains 861
157: Gunga Din You may talk o' gin and beer 932
158: Hadramauti Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? 1074
159: Half-Ballade Of Waterval When by the labour of my 'ands 904
160: Harp Song Of The Dane Women What is a woman that you forsake her, 1045
161: Have You News Of My Boy Jack? Have you news of my boy Jack?' 935
162: Helen All Alone There was darkness under Heaven 836
163: Heriot's Ford What's that that hirples at my side?" 911
164: His Apologies Master, this is Thy Servant. He is rising eight weeks old. 1932 753
165: His Wedded Wife Cry "Murder" in the market-place, and each 859
166: How Fear Came The stream is shrunk, the pool is dry, 969
167: How It All Began So we settled it all when the storm was done 909
168: How The Leopard Got His Spots I am the Most Wise Baviaan, saying in Most wise tones, 875
169: How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin This Uninhabited Island 870
170: How The Whale Got His Throat When the cabin port-holes are dark and green 872
171: Hunting-Song Of The Seeonee Pack As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled, 921
172: Hymn Before Action The earth is full of anger, 1896 866
173: Hymn Of Breaking Strain The careful text-books measure 1935 55887
174: Hymn Of The Triumphant Airman Oh, long had we paltered 1929 56857
175: Hymn To Physical Pain Dread Mother of Forgetfulness 870
176: I Keep Six Honest.. I keep six honest serving-men 860
177: If.... If you can keep your head when all about you 1129
178: In Error They burnt a corpse upon the sand, 917
179: In Springtime My garden blazes brightly with the rose-bush and the peach, 845
180: In The House Of Suddhoo A stone's throw out on either hand 921
181: In The Matter Of One Compass When, foot to wheel and back to wind, 1892 785
182: In the Neolithic Age In the Neolithic Age savage warfare did I wage 1895 794
183: James I The child of Mary Queen of Scots, 846
184: Jane's Marriage Jane went to Paradise: 876
185: Jobson’s Amen Blessed be the English and all their ways and works. 32880
186: Jubal And Tubal Cain Jubal sang of the Wrath of God 799
187: Just So Stories When the cabin port-holes are dark and green 801
188: Justice Across a world where all men grieve 841
189: Kaa’s Hunting His spots are the joy of the Leopard: his horns are the Buffalo’s pride. 1037
190: Kaspar’s Song In ‘Varda’ Eyes aloft over dangerous places, 21935
191: Kim Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised, 687
192: King Henry VII And The Shipwrights Harry, our King in England, from London town is gone, 44932
193: Kitchener's School Oh, Hubshee, carry your shoes in your hand and bow your head on your breast! 1898 902
194: L'Envoi The smoke upon your Altar dies, 669
195: L'Envoi There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield, 720
196: L'Envoi to "Life's Handicap" My new-cut ashlar takes the light 635
197: La Nuit Blanche A much-discerning Public hold 740
198: Lady Geraldine's Hardship I turned Heaven knows we women turn too much 713
199: Late Came The God Late came the God, having sent his forerunners who were not regarded, 945
200: Letting In The Jungle Veil them, cover them, wall them round, 957
201: Lichtenberg Smells are surer than sounds or sights 800
202: Lispeth Look, you have cast out Love! What Gods are these 908
203: Lollius Why gird at Lollius if he care 1920 36852
204: London Stone When you come to London Town, 896
205: Loot If you've ever stole a pheasant-egg be'ind the keeper's back, 817
206: Lord Roberts He passed in the very battle-smoke 1914 802
207: Lukannon I met my mates in the morning (and oh, but I am old!) 885
208: Macdonough's Song Whether the State can loose and bind 716
209: Mandalay By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea, 814
210: Many Inventions Less you want your toes trod of you'd better get back at once, 825
211: Mary's Son If you stop to find out what your wages will be 1911 796
212: Mary, Pity Women! You call yourself a man, 615
213: McAndrew's Hymn Lord, Thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream, 669
214: Memories Though all the Dead were all forgot 1930 894
215: Merrow Down There runs a road by Merrow Down, 624
216: Mesopotamia They shall not return to us, the resolute, the young, 1917 652
217: Mine Sweepers Dawn off the Foreland, the young flood making 597
218: Morning Song In The Jungle One moment past our bodies cast 691
219: Mother o' Mine If I were hanged on the highest hill, 631
220: Mowgli's Brothers Now Chil the Kite brings home the night 921
221: Mowgli's Song The Song of Mowgli, I, Mowgli, am singing. Let the jungle listen to the things I have done. 623
222: Mowgli's Song Against People I will let loose against you the fleet-footed vines, 662
223: Mulholland's Contract The fear was on the cattle, for the gale was on the sea, 581
224: Municipal Why is my District death-rate low?" 648
225: My Boy Jack Have you news of my boy Jack?" 634
226: My Father's Chair There are four good legs to my Father's Chair, 693
227: My Lady's Law The Law whereby my lady moves 618
228: My New-Cut Ashler My New-Cut ashlar takes the light 616
229: My Rival I go to concert, party, ball, 758
230: M‘Andrew’s Hymn Lord, Thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream, 1893 190831
231: Naaman’s Song Go, wash thyself in Jordan, go, wash thee and be clean! ‘ 20916
232: Natural Theology I ate my fill of a whale that died 655
233: Neighbours The man that is open of heart to his neighbour, 665
234: Non Nobis Domine! Non nobis Domine!, 1934 24864
235: Norman And Saxon My son," said the Norman Baron, "I am dying, and you will be heir 612
236: Ode - Melbourne Shrine Of Remembrance So long as memory, valour, and faith endure, 1934 421085
237: Old Fighting-Men All the world over, nursing their scars, 823
238: Old Mother Laidinwool Old Mother Laidinwool had nigh twelve months been dead. 824
239: One Viceroy Resigns So here's your Empire. No more wine, then? 782
240: Oonts Wot makes the soldier's 'eart to penk, wot makes 'im to perspire? 792
241: Our Fathers Also Thrones, Powers, Dominions, Peoples, Kings, 812
242: Our Fathers Of Old Excellent herbs had our fathers of old, 860
243: Our Lady Of The Sackcloth There was a Priest at Philæ, 84820
244: Our Lady Of The Snows A nation spoke to a Nation, 1897 48805
245: Outsong In The Jungle For the sake of him who showed 818
246: Pagett, M.P. The toad beneath the harrow knows 838
247: Pan In Vermont It’s forty in the shade to-day, the spouting eaves declare; 1893 918
248: Parade-Song Of The Camp-Animals We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, 866
249: Pharaoh And The Sergeant Said England unto Pharaoh, "I must make a man of you, 1897 896
250: Philadelphia If you're off to Philadelphia in the morning, 787
251: Piet I do not love my Empire’s foes, 72800
252: Pig Go, stalk the red deer o'er the heather, 900
253: Pink Dominoes They are fools who kiss and tell", 803
254: Poison Of Asps (A Brazilian Snake-Farm) (Brazilian Verses) Poison of asps is under our lips”? 20788
255: Poor Honest Men Your jar of Virginny 588
256: Poseidon's Low When the robust and Brass-bound Man commissioned first for sea 641
257: Possibilities Ay, lay him 'neath the Simla pine, 672
258: Preface To all to whom this little book may come, 40733
259: Prelude I have eaten your bread and salt. 754
260: Prelude To Departmental Ditties And Other Verses I have eaten your bread and salt, 12780
261: Private Ortheris’s Song My girl she give me the go onest, 48811
262: Prophets At Home Prophets have honour all over the Earth, 772
263: Public Waste Walpole talks of "a man and his price." 859
264: Puck's Song See you the ferny ride that steals 884
265: Quiquern The People of the Eastern Ice, they are melting like the snow, 861
266: Rahere Rahere, King Henry’s jester, feared by all the Norman Lords 36898
267: Rebirth If any God should say, 732
268: Recessional God of our fathers, known of old, 871
269: Red Dog For our white and our excellent nights, for the nights of swift running, 640
270: Rhodes Memorial, Table Mountain As tho’ again, yea, even once again, 1905 8794
271: Ride To Kandahar Then we brought the lances down, then the trumpets blew, 592
272: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi At the hole where he went in 694
273: Rimini When I left Rome for Lalage's sake, 893
274: Rimmon Duly with knees that feign to quake, 1903 778
275: Road-Song Of The Bandar-Log Here we go in a flung festoon, 768
276: Romulus and Remus Oh, little did the Wolf-Child care, 795
277: Route Marchin' We're marchin' on relief over Injia's sunny plains, 749
278: Russia To The Pacifists God rest you, peaceful gentlemen, let nothing you dismay, 1918 784
279: Samuel Pepys Like as the Oak whose roots descend 1933 28871
280: Sappers When the Waters were dried an' the Earth did appear, 833
281: Screw-Guns Smokin' my pipe on the mountings, sniffin' the mornin' cool, 804
282: Seal Lullaby Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us 900
283: Sepulchral Swifter than aught 'neath the sun the car of Simonides moved him. 723
284: Sestina Of The Tramp-Royal Speakin' in general, I'ave tried 'em all 602
285: Seven Watchmen Seven Watchmen sitting in a tower, 641
286: Shillin' A Day My name is O'Kelly, I've heard the Revelly 711
287: Shiv And The Grasshopper Shiv, who poured the harvest and made the winds to blow, 32818
288: Sir Richard's Song I followed my Duke ere I was a lover, 610
289: Snarleyow This 'appened in a battle to a batt'ry of the corps 601
290: Soldier An' Sailor Too As I was spittin' into the Ditch aboard o' the Crocodile, 652
291: Soldier, Soldier Soldier, soldier come from the wars, 663
292: Song Of Diego Valdez The God of Fair Beginnings 1902 743
293: Song Of Seventy Horses Once again the Steamer at Calais, the tackles 30759
294: Song Of The Dynamo (Brazilian Verses) How do I know what Order brings 12816
295: Song Of The Engines We now, held in captivity, 8836
296: Song Of The Fifth River Where first by Eden Tree 817
297: Song Of The Galley-Slaves We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low. 774
298: Song Of The Men's Side Once we feared The Beast when he followed us we ran, 750
299: Song Of The Men’s Side Once we feared The Beast, when he followed us we ran, 39745
300: Song Of The Old Guard Know this, my brethren, Heaven! clear 48827
301: Song Of The Red War-Boat Shove off from the wharf-edge! Steady! 803
302: Song Of The Wise Children When the darkened Fifties dip to the North, 1902 666
303: Songs Of Seventy Horses Once again the Steamer at Calais, the tackles 618
304: South Africa Lived a woman wonderful, 1903 657
305: Stellenbosh The general ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 52613
306: Study Of An Elevation, In Indian Ink This ditty is a string of lies. 672
307: Such As In Ships (Brazilian Verses) Such as in Ships and brittle Barks 24690
308: Sussex God gave all men all earth to love, 1902 642
309: Tarrant Moss I closed and drew for my love's sake 692
310: That Day It got beyond all orders an' it got beyond all 'ope; 624
311: The "Mary Gloster" I've paid for your sickest fancies; I've humoured your crackedest whim, 1894 751
312: The 'Eathen The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone; 591
313: The Absent-Minded Beggar When you've shouted "Rule Britannia," when you've sung "God save the Queen," 664
314: The Advertisement Whether to wend through straight streets strictly, 653
315: The American Rebellion Twas not while England's sword unsheathed 1776 672
316: The Answer A Rose, in tatters on the garden path, 686
317: The Anvil England's on the anvil, hear the hammers ring, 618
318: The Appeal It I have given you delight 617
319: The Ballad Of 'Bolivar' Seven men from all the world back to Docks again, 620
320: The Ballad Of Ahmed Shah This is the ballad of Ahmed Shah 578
321: The Ballad Of Boh Da Thone This is the ballad of Boh Da Thone, 657
322: The Ballad Of East And West Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, 652
323: The Ballad Of Fisher's Boarding-House That night, when through the mooring-chains 753
324: The Ballad Of Jakko Hill One moment bid the horses wait, 632
325: The Ballad Of Minepit Shaw About the time that taverns shut 663
326: The Ballad Of The "Bolivar" Seven men from all the world back to Docks again, 626
327: The Ballad Of The "Clampherdown" It was our war-ship Clampherdown 614
328: The Ballad Of The Cars Now this is the price of a stirrup-cup," 623
329: The Ballad Of The King's Jest When spring-time flushes the desert grass, 617
330: The Ballad Of The King's Mercy Abdhur Rahman, the Durani Chief, of him is the story told. 675
331: The Ballad Of The Red Earl Red Earl, and will ye take for guide 1891 661
332: The Bee-Boy's Song Bees! Bees! Hark to your bees! 666
333: The Bees And The Flies The Mother Hive", Actions and Reactions 737
334: The Beginner Lo! What is this that I make, sudden, supreme, unrehearsed, 615
335: The Beginning Of The Armadilloes I've never sailed the Amazon, 625
336: The Beginnings It was not part of their blood, 680
337: The Bell Buoy They christened my brother of old, 1896 673
338: The Bells And Queen Victoria Gay go up and gay go down 1911 712
339: The Benefactors Ah! What avails the classic bent 672
340: The Betrothed Open the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout, 622
341: The Birthright The miracle of our land's speech so known 751
342: The Bonfires We know the Rocket’s upward whizz; 1933 35647
343: The Bother Hastily Adam our driver swallowed a curse in the darkness, 688
344: The Braggart Petrolio, vaunting his Mercedes' power, 674
345: The Broken Men For things we never mention, 1902 688
346: The Bronckhurst Divorce Case In the daytime, when she moved about me, 625
347: The Burden One grief on me is laid 1018
348: The Burial When that great Kings return to clay, 1904 822
349: The Camels Hump The Camel's hump is an ugly lump 610
350: The Captive Not with an outcry to Allah nor any complaining 590
351: The Cat That Walked By Himself Pussy can sit by the fire and sing, 683
352: The Centaurs Up came the young Centaur-colts from the plains they were fathered in, 650
353: The Changelings Or ever the battered liners sank 605
354: The Children These were our children who died for our lands: they were dear in our sight. 648
355: The Children's Song Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee 855
356: The Choice (The American Spirit Speaks) To the Judge of Right and Wrong 584
357: The City Of Brass Here was a people whom after their works 1909 674
358: The City Of Sleep Over the edge of the purple down, 620
359: The Clerks And The Bells The merry clerks of Oxenford they stretch themselves at ease 1920 38591
360: The Coastwise Lights Our brows are bound with spindrift and the weed is on our knees; 596
361: The Coiner Against the Bermudas we foundered, whereby 599
362: The Comforters Until thy feet have trod the Road 569
363: The Consolations Of Memory Blessed was our first age and morning-time. 765
364: The Conundrum Of The Workshops When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold, 596
365: The Conversion Of Aurelian McGoggin Ride with an idle whip, ride with an unused heel, 676
366: The Covenant We thought we ranked above the chance of ill. 609
367: The Crab That Played With The Sea China-going P. & O.'s 617
368: The Craftsman Once, after long-drawn revel at The Mermaid, 594
369: The Cure Long years ago, ere R--lls or R--ce 645
370: The Dawn Wind At two o'clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, 644
371: The Day's Work We now, held in captivity, 644
372: The Dead King Who in the Realm to-day lays down dear life for the sake of a land more dear? 1910 653
373: The Declaration Of London We were all one heart and one race 1911 618
374: The Decline Of The West Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan brown, 624
375: The Deep-Sea Cables The wrecks dissolve above us; their dust drops down from afar, 674
376: The Derelict I was the staunchest of our fleet 1894 657
377: The Destroyers The strength of twice three thousand horse 1898 651
378: The Disciple He that hath a Gospel 739
379: The Dove of Dacca The freed dove flew to the Rajah's tower, 1892 597
380: The Dutch In The Medway If wars were won by feasting, 589
381: The Dying Chauffeur Wheel me gently to the garage, since my car and I must part, 613
382: The Dykes We have no heart for the fishing, we have no hand for the oar, 1902 610
383: The Egg-Shell The wind took off with the sunset, 594
384: The English Flag Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro, 590
385: The English Way After the fight at Otterburn, 1929 651
386: The Exiles' Line Now the new year reviving old desires, 590
387: The Expert Youth that trafficked long with Death, 711
388: The Explanation Love and Death once ceased their strife 610
389: The Explorer There's no sense in going further, it's the edge of cultivation, 1898 591
390: The Fabulists When all the world would keep a matter hid, 625
391: The Fairies' Siege I have been given my charge to keep, 682
392: The Fall Of Jock Gillespie This fell when dinner-time was done 645
393: The Feet Of The Young Men Now the Four-way Lodge is opened, now the Hunting Winds are loose, 1897 627
394: The Female Of The Specie When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, 1911 588
395: The Files Files The Files, Office Files ! 652
396: The Fires Men make them fires on the hearth 587
397: The First Chantey Mine was the woman to me, darkling I found her: 1896 603
398: The Flight When the grey geese heard the Fool's tread 1930 764
399: The Floods The rain it rains without a stay 614
400: The Flowers Buy my English posies! 614
401: The Four Angels As Adam lay a-dreaming beneath the Apple Tree 593
402: The Four Points Ere stopping or turning, to put foorth a hande 637
403: The French Wars The boats of Newhaven and Folkestone and Dover 652
404: The Friends I had some friends, but I dreamed that they were dead, 1927 16669
405: The Galley-Slave Oh, gallant was our galley from her carven steering-wheel 615
406: The Gift Of The Sea The dead child lay in the shroud, 624
407: The Gipsy Trail The white moth to the closing bine, 659
408: The Glory Of The Garden Our England is a garden that is full of stately views, 649
409: The Gods Of The Copybook Headings As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race, 1919 764
410: The Grave Of The Hundred Head There's a widow in sleepy Chester 640
411: The Greek National Anthem We knew thee of old, 1918 619
412: The Heritage Our Fathers in a wondrous age, 644
413: The Holy War A tinker out of Bedford, 1917 626
414: The Hour Of The Angel Sooner or late, in earnest or in jest, 639
415: The Houses Twixt my house and thy house the pathway is broad, 1898 638
416: The Hyaenas After the burial-parties leave 728
417: The Hymn To Physical Pain Dread Mother of Forgetfulness 635
418: The Idiot Boy He wandered down the moutain grade 709
419: The Instructor At times when under cover I 'ave said, 703
420: The Inventor Time and Space decreed his lot, 641
421: The Irish Guards We're not so old in the Army List, 617
422: The Islanders No doubt but ye are the People-your throne is above the King's. 1902 612
423: The Jacket Through the Plagues of Egyp' we was chasin' Arabi, 696
424: The Jester There are three degrees of bliss 650
425: The Juggler's Song When the drums begin to beat 605
426: The Jungle Books Now Chil the Kite brings home the night 608
427: The Junk And The Dhow Once a pair of savages found a stranded tree. 573
428: The Justice's Tale With them there rode a lustie Engineere 723
429: The King Farewell, Romance!" the Cave-men said; 559
430: The King And The Sea After His Realms and States were moved 1935 633
431: The King's Ankus These are the Four that are never content, that have never be filled since the Dews began, 722
432: The King's Job Once on a time was a King anxious to understand 608
433: The King's Pilgrimage Our King went forth on pilgrimage 661
434: The King's Task After the sack of the City, when Rome was sunk to a name, 1902 610
435: The Kingdom Now we are come to our Kingdom, 579
436: The Ladies I've taken my fun where I've found it; 593
437: The Lament Of The Border Cattle Thief O woe is me for the merry life 655
438: The Land When Julius Fabricius, Sub-Prefect of the Weald, 620
439: The Landau There was a landau deep and wide, 609
440: The Last Chantey Thus said The Lord in the Vault above the Cherubim 609
441: The Last Department Twelve hundred million men are spread 636
442: The Last Lap How do we know, by the bank-high river, 600
443: The Last Ode As watchers couched beneath a Bantine oak, 666
444: The Last Of The Light Brigade There were thirty million English who talked of England's might, 1891 644
445: The Last Rhyme Of True Thomas The King has called for priest and cup, 624
446: The Last Suttee Not many years ago a King died in one of the Rajpoot States. 599
447: The Law of the Jungle Now this is the Law of the Jungle, as old and as true as the sky; 588
448: The Legend Of Evil This is the sorrowful story 659
449: The Legend Of Mirth The Four Archangels, so the legends tell, 562
450: The Legend Of The Foreign Office Rajah of Kolazai, 614
451: The Legends Of Evil This is the sorrowful story 578
452: The Lesson Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 636
453: The Light That Failed So we settled it all when the storm was done 540
454: The Liner She's A Lady The Liner she's a lady, an' she never looks nor 'eeds, 1894 589
455: The Long Trail There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield, 558
456: The Looking-Glass (A Country Dance) Queen Bess was Harry’s daughter. Stand forward partners all! 35651
457: The Lost Legion There's a Legion that never was listed, 1895 668
458: The Love Song Of Har Dyal Alone upon the housetops to the North 570
459: The Lovers' Litany Eyes of grey, a sodden quay, 561
460: The Lowestoft Boat In Lowestoft a boat was laid, 846
461: The Man Who Could Write Shun, shun the Bowl! That fatal, facile drink 736
462: The Mare's Nest Jane Austen Beecher Stowe de Rouse 762
463: The Married Man The bachelor 'e fights for one 602
464: The Mary Gloster I've paid for your sickest fancies; I've humoured your crackedest whim, 786
465: The Masque Of Plenty How sweet is the shepherd's sweet life! 696
466: The Master-Cook With us there rade a Maister-Cook that came 715
467: The Men That Fought At Minden The men that fought at Minden, they was rookies in their time, 661
468: The Merchantmen King Solomon drew merchantmen, 1893 585
469: The Miracle Of Purun Bhagat The night we felt the earth would move 862
470: The Miracles I sent a message to my dear, 578
471: The Moon Of Other Days Beneath the deep veranda's shade, 670
472: The Moral You mustn't groom an Arab with a file. 599
473: The Morning Song Of The Jungle One moment past our bodies cast 907
474: The Mother's Son I have a dream, a dreadful dream, 577
475: The Mother-Lodge There was Rundle, Station Master, 614
476: The Native-Born We've drunk to the Queen, God bless her!, 1894 591
477: The Naulahka There was a strife 'twixt man and maid, 580
478: The Necessitarian I know not in Whose hands are laid 565
479: The New Knighthood Who gives him the Bath? 618
480: The North Sea Patrol Where the East wind is brewed fresh and fresh every morning, 641
481: The Nurses When, with a pain he desires to explain to the multitude, Baby 32798
482: The Nursing Sister Our sister sayeth such and such, 561
483: The Old Issue Here is nothing new nor aught unproven," say the Trumpets, 1899 790
484: The Old Men This is our lot if we live so long and labour unto the end, 1902 793
485: The Oldest Song These were never your true love's eyes. 800
486: The Only Son She dropped the bar, she shot the bolt, she fed the fire anew 862
487: The Open Door (Brazilian Verses) England is a cosy little country, 27736
488: The Other Man When the earth was sick and the skies were grey, 849
489: The Outlaws Through learned and laborious years 1914 836
490: The Overland Mail In the name of the Empress of India, make way, 1059
491: The Palace When I was a King and a Mason, a Master proven and skilled, 1902 779
492: The Parting Of The Columns We’ve rode and fought and ate and drunk as rations* come to hand, 36801
493: The Peace Of Dives The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay: 1903 909
494: The Penalty Once in life I watched a Star; 802
495: The Pirates In England When Rome was rotten-ripe to her fall, 836
496: The Pirates In England When Rome was rotten-ripe to her fall, 32950
497: The Playmate She is not Folly, that I know. 595
498: The Plea Of The Simla Dancers Too late, alas! the song 573
499: The Portent 0h, late withdrawn from human-kind 649
500: The Post That Fitted Though tangled and twisted the course of true love 572
501: The Power of the Dog There is sorrow enough in the natural way 543
502: The Prairie I see the grass shake in the sun for leagues on either hand, 616
503: The Prayer My brother kneels, so saith Kabir, 610
504: The Prayer Of Miriam Cohen From the wheel and the drift of Things 593
505: The Press The Soldier may forget his Sword, 591
506: The Pro-Consuls The overfaithful sword returns the user 542
507: The Prodigal Son Here come I to my own again, 601
508: The Progress Of The Spark This spark now set, retarded, yet forbears 856
509: The Puzzler The Celt in all his variants from Builth to Ballyhoo, 593
510: The Queen Of Fairy Land I have a thousand men," said he, 839
511: The Queen's Men Valour and Innocence 545
512: The Quesion Brethren, how shall it fare with me 1916 583
513: The Quest The knight came home from the quest, 40853
514: The Rabbi's Song If Thought can reach to Heaven, 574
515: The Recall I am the land of their fathers, 553
516: The Reeds Of Runnymede At Runnymede, At Runnymede, 860
517: The Reformers Not in the camp his victory lies 1901 955
518: The Return Peace is declared, and I return 1068
519: The Return Of The Children Neither the harps nor the crowns amused, nor the cherubs' dove-winged races, 846
520: The Rhyme Of The Three Captains At the close of a winter day, 916
521: The Rhyme Of The Three Sealers Away by the lands of the Japanee 898
522: The River's Tale Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew, 850
523: The Roman Centurion's Song Legate, I had the news last night, my cohort ordered home 844
524: The Rout Of The White Hussars It was not in the open fight 770
525: The Rowers The banked oars fell an hundred strong, 1899 804
526: The Run Of The Downs The Weald is good, the Downs are best, 802
527: The Runes Of Weland's Sword A smith makes me To betray my Man 1906 950
528: The Runners What is the word that they tell now, now, now! 40765
529: The Rupaiyat Of Omar Kal'vin Now the New Year, reviving last Year's Debt, 833
530: The Sack Of The Gods Strangers drawn from the ends of the earth, jewelled and plumed were we; 22766
531: The Sacrifice Of Er-Heb Er-Heb beyond the Hills of Ao-Safai 797
532: The Scholars Oh, show me how a rose can shut and be a bud again!” 1919 48805
533: The Sea And The Hills Who hath desired the Sea?, the sight of salt wind-hounded, 1902 877
534: The Sea-Wife There dwells a wife by the Northern Gate, 809
535: The Second Voyage We've sent our little Cupids all ashore, 1903 824
536: The Secret Of The Machines We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine, 800
537: The Sergeant's Weddin' E was warned agin' 'er, 618
538: The Servant When He Reigneth Three things make earth unquiet 560
539: The Service Man Tommy” you was when it began 12807
540: The Settler Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 1903 553
541: The Ship That Found Herself We now, held in captivity, 783
542: The Shut-Eye Sentry Sez the Junior Orderly Sergeant 805
543: The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo This is the mouth-filling song of the race that was run by a Boomer. 872
544: The Song At Cock-Crow The first time that Peter denied his Lord 832
545: The Song Of Diego Valdez The God of Fair Beginnings 831
546: The Song Of Seven Cities I was Lord of Cities very sumptuously builded. 723
547: The Song Of The Banjo You couldn't pack a Broadwood half a mile, 672
548: The Song Of The Cities Royal and Dower-royal, I the Queen 678
549: The Song Of The Dead Hear now the Song of the Dead, in the North by the torn berg-edges, 697
550: The Song Of The Little Hunter Ere Mor the Peacock flutters, ere the Monkey People cry, 680
551: The Song Of The Old Guard Know this, my brethren, Heaven is clear 721
552: The Song Of The Sons One from the ends of the earth, gifts at an open door, 781
553: The Song Of The Women How shall she know the worship we would do her? 706
554: The Songs Of The Lathes The fans and the beltings they roar round me. 1918 787
555: The Sons of Martha The Sons of Mary seldom bother, for they have inherited that good part; 771
556: The Spies' March There are not leaders to lead us to honour, and yet without leaders we sally, 793
557: The Spring Running Man goes to Man! Cry the challenge through the Jungle! 804
558: The Storm Cone This is the midnight-let no star 1932 855
559: The Story Of Ung Once, on a glittering ice-field, ages and ages ago, 806
560: The Story Of Uriah Jack Barrett went to Quetta 796
561: The Stranger The Stranger within my gate, 772
562: The Supplication Of The Black Aberdeen I pray! My little body and whole span 48853
563: The Supports - (Song Of The Avaiting Seraphs.) To Him Who bade the Heavens abide, yet cease not from their motion, 54762
564: The Survival Securely, after days 809
565: The Thorkild's Song There's no wind along these seas, 525
566: The Thousandth Man One man in a thousand, Solomon says, 521
567: The Three-Decker Full thirty foot she towered from waterline to rail. 1894 494
568: The Threshold In their deepest caverns of limestone 532
569: The Totem Ere the mother's milk had dried 560
570: The Tour Thirteen as twelve my Murray always took, 665
571: The Trade They bear, in place of classic names, 726
572: The Truce Of The Bear Yearly, with tent and rifle, our careless white men go 1898 651
573: The Two Cousins Valour and Innocence 18781
574: The Two-Sided Man Much I owe to the Lands that grew, 751
575: The Ubique There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 773
576: The Undertaker's Horse The eldest son bestrides him, 835
577: The Vampire A fool there was and he made his prayer 540
578: The Verdicts Not in the thick of the fight, 1916 549
579: The Veterans To-day, across our fathers' graves, 471
580: The Vineyard At the eleventh hour he came, 541
581: The Virginity Try as he will, no man breaks wholly loose 535
582: The Voortrekker The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire, 840
583: The Wage-Slaves Oh, glorious are the guarded heights 1902 500
584: The Waster From the date that the doors of his prep-school close 1930 30778
585: The Watcher Put forth to watch, unschooled, alone, 847
586: The Way Through The Woods They shut the road through the woods 557
587: The Wet Litany When the waters' countenance 533
588: The White Man's Burden Take up the White man's burden 1899 516
589: The White Seal Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us, 789
590: The Widow At Windsor Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor 531
591: The Widow's Party Where have you been this while away, 576
592: The Widower For a season there must be pain 543
593: The Winners What the moral? Who rides may read. 545
594: The Wishing-Caps Life's all getting and giving, 503
595: The Young British Soldier When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East 527
596: The ’Eathen The ’eathen in ’is blindness bows down to wood an’ stone; 76732
597: Things and the Man Oh ye who hold the written clue 1904 544
598: Thorkild’s Song There´s no wind along these seas, 769
599: Three Friends There were three friends that buried the fourth, 776
600: Thrown Away Stopped in the straight when the race was his own 764
601: Tiger - Tiger! What of the hunting, hunter bold? 774
602: Tin Fish The ships destroy us above 517
603: To A Lady, Persuading Her To A Car Love's fiery chariot, Delia, take 494
604: To James Whitcomb Riley Your trail runs to the westward, 1890 493
605: To Motorists Since ye distemper and defile 550
606: To T. A. I have made for you a song, 486
607: To The City Of Bombay The Cities are full of pride, 547
608: To the Companions How comes it that, at even-tide, 487
609: To The True Romance Thy face is far from this our war, 1891 587
610: To The Unknown Goddess Will you conquer my heart with your beauty; my sould going out from afar? 662
611: To Thomas Atkins I have made for you a song 493
612: To Wolcott Balestier Beyond the path of the outmost sun through utter darkness hurled, 651
613: Tod's Amendment The World hath set its heavy yoke 673
614: Together Where Horse and Rider each can trust the other everywhere, 513
615: Tomlinson Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house in Berkeley Square, 672
616: Tommy I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, 661
617: Toomai Of The Elephants I will remember what I was. I am sick of rope and chain, 736
618: Troopin' Troopin', troopin', troopin' to the sea: 617
619: Two Kopjes Only two African kopjes, 635
620: Two Months No hope, no change! The clouds have shut us in, 685
621: Two Races (Brazilian Verses) I seek not what his soul desires. 20669
622: Ubique There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may 607
623: Ulster The dark eleventh hour 787
624: Untimely Nothing in life has been made by man for man's using 717
625: Verses On Games Here is a horse to tame 1898 92551
626: Very Many People On the Downs, in the Weald, on the Marshes, 1926 24518
627: We And They Father and Mother, and Me, 675
628: What Happened Hurree Chunder Mookerjee, pride of Bow Bazaar, 537
629: What The People Said By the well, where the bullocks go 1887 514
630: When 'Omer Smote 'Is Bloomin' Lyre When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, 535
631: When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried, 1892 474
632: When The Great Ark When the Great Ark, in Vigo Bay, 521
633: When The Journey Was Intended To The City When that with meat and drink they had fulfilled 514
634: White Horses Where run your colts at pasture? 1897 468
635: Wilful Missing There is a world outside the one you know, 560
636: With Drake In The Tropics South and far south below the Line, 482
637: With Scindia To Delhi The wreath of banquet overnight lay withered on the neck, 642
638: With Scindia To Delphi The wreath of banquet overnight lay withered on the neck, 487
639: Yet At The Last Yet at the last, ere our spearmen had found him, 791
640: You Must n't Swim... You must n't swim till you're six weeks old, 565
641: Zion The Doorkeepers of Zion, 685




About:
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in Bombay, India, and best known for his works The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902), and Puck of Pook's Hill (1906); his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and "If—" (1910); and his many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) and the collections Life's Handicap (1891), The Day's Work (1898), and Plain Tales from the Hills (1888). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best work speaks to a versatile and luminous narrative gift.


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