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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? 1051155
2: "Birds Of Prey" March March! The mud is cakin' good about our trousies. 1166
3: A Ballad Of Jakkko Hill One moment bid the horses wait, 1923
4: A Ballade Of Burial If down here I chance to die, 1405
5: A Bank Fraud He drank strong waters and his speech was coarse; 1473
6: A Boy Scouts' Patrol Song These are our regulations, 1913 1323
7: A British-Roman Song My father's father saw it not, 1152
8: A Carol Our Lord Who did the Ox command 1036
9: A Charm Take of English earth as much 1003
10: A Child's Garden Now there is nothing wrong with me 1338
11: A Code Of Morals Lest you should think this story true 1155
12: A Counting-Out Song What is the song the children sing, 922
13: A Dead Statesman I could not dig; I dared not rob: 1346
14: A Death-Bed This is the State above the Law. 1918 1203
15: A Dedication And they were stronger hands than mine 1127
16: A Dedication To Soldiers Three And they were stronger hands than mine 1095
17: A Departure Since first the White Horse Banner blew free, 1151
18: A General Summary We are very slightly changed 1114
19: A Legend Of The Foreign Office This is the reason why Rustum Beg, 763
20: A Legend Of Truth Once on a time, the ancient legends tell, 882
21: A Lover's Journey When a lover hies abroad 1159
22: A Nativity The Babe was laid in the Manger 743
23: A Pageant Of Elizabeth Like Princes crowned they bore them, 780
24: A Pict Song Rome never looks where she treads. 1065
25: A Pilgrim's Way I do not look for holy saints to guide me on my way 1069
26: A Preface To all to whom this little book may come, 933
27: A Recantation What boots it on the Gods to call? 1917 992
28: A Rector's Memory The, Gods that are wiser than Learning 1125
29: A Ripple Song Once red ripple came to land 1140
30: A School Song Let us now praise famous men", 1140
31: A Servant When He Reigneth Three things make earth unquiet 1117
32: A Smuggler's Song If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, 929
33: A Song At Cock-Crow The first time that Peter denied his Lord 1918 743
34: A Song In Storm Be well assured that on our side 1145
35: A Song In The Desert Friend, thou beholdest the lightning? Who has the charge of it, 1927 361030
36: A Song Of Bananas (Brazilian Verses) Have you no Bananas, simple townsmen all? 301088
37: A Song Of French Roads Now praise the Gods of Time and Chance 1923 64980
38: A Song Of Kabir Oh, light was the world that he weighed in his hands! 913
39: A Song Of The English Fair is our lot, O goodly is our heritage! 967
40: A Song Of The White Men Now, this is the cup the White Men drink 1899 992
41: A Song Of Travel Where's the lamp that Hero lit 1153
42: A Song To Mithras Mithras, God of the Morning, our trumpets waken the Wall! 16963
43: A St. Helena Lullaby How far is St. Helena from a little child at play! 1040
44: A Tale Of Two Cities Where the sober-colored cultivator smiles 1098
45: A Three-Part Song I'm just in love with all these three, 795
46: A Translation There are whose study is of smells, 922
47: A Tree Song Of all the trees that grow so fair, 1028
48: A Truthful Song I tell this tale, which is strictly true, 1024
49: Akbar’s Bridge Jelaludin Muhammed Akbar, Guardian of Mankind, 501071
50: Alnaschar And The Oxen There's a pasture in a valley where the hanging woods divide, 1107
51: An American If the Led Striker call it a strike, 1894 971
52: An Astrologer's Song To the Heavens above us 772
53: An Imperial Rescript Now this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser decreed, 893
54: An Old Song So long as 'neath the Kalka hills 1070
55: Anchor Song Heh! Walk her round. Heave, ah, heave her short again! 982
56: Angutivaun Taina Our gloves are stiff with the frozen blood, 797
57: Arithmetic On The Frontier A great and glorious thing it is 978
58: Army Headquarters Old is the song that I sing, 788
59: Arterial Frost upon small rain the ebony-lacquered avenue 1039
60: As The Bell Clinks As I left the Halls at Lumley, rose the vision of a comely 975
61: At His Execution I am made all things to all men, 1082
62: Ave Imperatrix! From every quarter of your land 1882 28996
63: Azrael's Count Lo! The Wild Cow of the Desert, her yeanling estrayed from her, 1930 938
64: Back To The Army Again I'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at, 788
65: Ballad Of Fisher's Boarding-House T was Fultah Fisher's boarding-house, 1451
66: Banquet Night Once in so often," King Solomon said, 754
67: Barrack-Room Ballads When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, 822
68: Beast And Man In India They killed a Child to please the Gods 801
69: Before A Midnight Breaks In Storm Before a midnight breaks in storm, 1903 772
70: Belts There was a row in Silver Street that's near to Dublin Quay, 829
71: Big Steamers Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Steamers, 832
72: Bill 'Awkins As anybody seen Bill 'Awkins?" 768
73: Birds Of Prey March March! The mud is cakin' good about our trousies. 844
74: Blue Roses Roses red and roses white 906
75: Bobs There's a little red-faced man, 857
76: Boots We're foot, slog, slog, slog, sloggin' over Africa, 907
77: Bridge-Guard In The Karroo Sudden the desert changes, 1901 794
78: Brookland Road I was very well pleased with what I knowed, 821
79: Brown Bess In the days of lace-ruffles, perukes and brocade 755
80: Buddha At Kamakura O ye who tread the Narrow Way 1892 815
81: Butterflies Eyes aloft, over dangerous places, 888
82: By The Hoof Of The Wild Goat By the Hoof of the Wild Goat uptossed 773
83: By Word Of Mouth Not though you die to-night, O Sweet, and wail, 824
84: Cain And Abel Cain and Abel were brothers born. 1934 856
85: Carmen Circulare Dellius, that car which, night and day, 727
86: Cells I've a head like a concertina: I've a tongue like a button-stick, 762
87: Certain Maxims Of Hafiz If It be pleasant to look on, stalled in the packed serai, 693
88: Chant-Pagan Me that 'ave been what I've been, 772
89: Chapter Headings Look, you have cast out Love! What Gods are these 729
90: Chapter Headings - Just-So Stories When the cabin port-holes are dark and green 188730
91: Chapter Headings - Kim Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised, 8772
92: Chapter Headings - Life’s Handicap The doors were wide, the story saith, 52756
93: Chapter Headings - Many Inventions Less you want your toes trod off you’d better get back at once, 10744
94: Chapter Headings - The Light That Failed So we settled it all when the storm was done 69734
95: Chapter Headings - The Naulahka There was a strife ’twixt man and maid 117704
96: Chartres Windows Colour fulfils where Music has no power: 1925 14952
97: Chil’s Song These were my companions going forth by night 21800
98: Cholera Camp We've got the cholerer in camp, it's worse than forty fights; 709
99: Christmas In India Dim dawn behind the tamerisks, the sky is saffron-yellow, 696
100: Cities And Thrones And Powers Cities and Thrones and Powers 782
101: Cleared Help for a patriot distressed, a spotless spirit hurt, 829
102: Cold Iron Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, 821
103: Columns Out o' the wilderness, dusty an' dry 800
104: Common Form If any questions why we died, 842
105: Contradictions The drowsy carrier sways 755
106: Covenent We thought we ranked above the chance of ill. 1914 727
107: Cruisers As our mother the Frigate, bepainted and fine, 1899 846
108: Cuckoo Song Tell it to the locked-up trees, 691
109: Cupid's Arrows Pit where the buffalo cooled his hide, 850
110: Dane-Geld It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation 830
111: Danny Deever What are the bugles blowin' for?" said Files-on-Parade. 823
112: Darzee's Chaunt Singer and tailor am I, 823
113: Death Of A Believer Yet at the last, ere our spearmen had found him, 781
114: Dedication The Cities are full of pride, Challenging each to each 831
115: Dedication From “Barrack Room Ballads” Beyond the path of the outmost sun through utter darkness hurled, 27776
116: Deep Sea Cables The wrecks dissolve above us; their dust drops down from afar, 815
117: Delilah We have another viceroy now, those days are dead and done 741
118: Dinah In Heaven She did not know that she was dead, 794
119: Dirge of Dead Sisters Who recalls the twilight and the ranged tents in order 1902 727
120: Divided Destinies It was an artless Bandar, and he danced upon a pine, 670
121: Doctors Man dies too soon, beside his works half-planned. 1923 749
122: Eddi's Service Eddi, priest of St. Wilfrid 677
123: Edgehill Fight Naked and grey the Cotswolds stand 666
124: En-Dor The road to En-dor is easy to tread 750
125: England's Answer Truly ye come of The Blood; slower to bless than to ban; 708
126: Epitaphs Of The War A. “I was a Have.” B. “I was a ‘have-not.’” 179868
127: Et Dona Ferentes In extended observation of the ways and works of man, 1896 707
128: Evarra And His Gods This is the story of Evarra, man, 765
129: Evil Land We meet in an evil land 735
130: False Dawn To-night, God knows what thing shall tide, 780
131: Farewell And Adieu... Farewell and adieu to you, 917
132: Fastness This is the end whereto men toiled 752
133: Follow Me 'ome There was no one like 'im, 'Orse or Foot, 757
134: For All We Have And Are For all we have and are, 1914 767
135: For To Admire he Injian Ocean sets an' smiles 709
136: Ford o' Kabul River Kabul town's by Kabul river, 690
137: Four-Feet I have done mostly what most men do, 640
138: Fox-Hunting When Samson set my brush afire 1933 622
139: France Broke to every known mischance, lifted over all 1913 745
140: Frankie's Trade Old Horn to All Atlantic said: 731
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, 16926
142: From The Masjid-Al-Aqsa Of Sayyid Ahmed (Wahabi Not with an outcry to Allah nor any complaining 18960
143: Fuzzy-Wuzzy We've fought with many men acrost the seas, 828
144: Gallio's Song All day long to the judgment-seat 1008
145: Gehazi Whence comest thou, Gehazi, 1915 1029
146: General Joubert With those that bred, with those that loosed the strife, 1900 995
147: Gentlmen-Rankers To the legion of the lost ones, to the cohort of the damned, 992
148: Gertrude's Prayer That which is marred at birth Time shall not mend, 944
149: Gethsemane The Garden called Gethsemane 1084
150: Giffen's Debt Imprimus he was "broke." Thereafter left 951
151: Gipsy Vans Unless you come of the gipsy stock 953
152: Gods Of The East Because I sought it far from men, 702
153: Gow’s Watch : Act II. Scene 2. Your tiercel’s too long at hack, Sir. He’s no eyass 96880
154: Gow’s Watch : Act IV. Scene 4. Fatherless folk go furthest. These loud pagans 37981
155: Gow’s Watch : Act V. scene 3 Here’s earnest of the Queen’s submission. 102852
156: Great-Heart Concerning brave Captains 914
157: Gunga Din You may talk o' gin and beer 1006
158: Hadramauti Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? 1140
159: Half-Ballade Of Waterval When by the labour of my 'ands 959
160: Harp Song Of The Dane Women What is a woman that you forsake her, 1119
161: Have You News Of My Boy Jack? Have you news of my boy Jack?' 998
162: Helen All Alone There was darkness under Heaven 897
163: Heriot's Ford What's that that hirples at my side?" 968
164: His Apologies Master, this is Thy Servant. He is rising eight weeks old. 1932 817
165: His Wedded Wife Cry "Murder" in the market-place, and each 918
166: How Fear Came The stream is shrunk, the pool is dry, 1028
167: How It All Began So we settled it all when the storm was done 980
168: How The Leopard Got His Spots I am the Most Wise Baviaan, saying in Most wise tones, 924
169: How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin This Uninhabited Island 941
170: How The Whale Got His Throat When the cabin port-holes are dark and green 927
171: Hunting-Song Of The Seeonee Pack As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled, 974
172: Hymn Before Action The earth is full of anger, 1896 914
173: Hymn Of Breaking Strain The careful text-books measure 1935 55951
174: Hymn Of The Triumphant Airman Oh, long had we paltered 1929 56915
175: Hymn To Physical Pain Dread Mother of Forgetfulness 922
176: I Keep Six Honest.. I keep six honest serving-men 919
177: If.... If you can keep your head when all about you 1220
178: In Error They burnt a corpse upon the sand, 998
179: In Springtime My garden blazes brightly with the rose-bush and the peach, 907
180: In The House Of Suddhoo A stone's throw out on either hand 990
181: In The Matter Of One Compass When, foot to wheel and back to wind, 1892 840
182: In the Neolithic Age In the Neolithic Age savage warfare did I wage 1895 847
183: James I The child of Mary Queen of Scots, 918
184: Jane's Marriage Jane went to Paradise: 932
185: Jobson’s Amen Blessed be the English and all their ways and works. 32934
186: Jubal And Tubal Cain Jubal sang of the Wrath of God 858
187: Just So Stories When the cabin port-holes are dark and green 853
188: Justice Across a world where all men grieve 916
189: Kaa’s Hunting His spots are the joy of the Leopard: his horns are the Buffalo’s pride. 1111
190: Kaspar’s Song In ‘Varda’ Eyes aloft over dangerous places, 211000
191: Kim Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised, 762
192: King Henry VII And The Shipwrights Harry, our King in England, from London town is gone, 44996
193: Kitchener's School Oh, Hubshee, carry your shoes in your hand and bow your head on your breast! 1898 965
194: L'Envoi The smoke upon your Altar dies, 731
195: L'Envoi There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield, 797
196: L'Envoi to "Life's Handicap" My new-cut ashlar takes the light 690
197: La Nuit Blanche A much-discerning Public hold 799
198: Lady Geraldine's Hardship I turned Heaven knows we women turn too much 787
199: Late Came The God Late came the God, having sent his forerunners who were not regarded, 1014
200: Letting In The Jungle Veil them, cover them, wall them round, 1007
201: Lichtenberg Smells are surer than sounds or sights 856
202: Lispeth Look, you have cast out Love! What Gods are these 971
203: Lollius Why gird at Lollius if he care 1920 36918
204: London Stone When you come to London Town, 961
205: Loot If you've ever stole a pheasant-egg be'ind the keeper's back, 891
206: Lord Roberts He passed in the very battle-smoke 1914 865
207: Lukannon I met my mates in the morning (and oh, but I am old!) 948
208: Macdonough's Song Whether the State can loose and bind 786
209: Mandalay By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea, 870
210: Many Inventions Less you want your toes trod of you'd better get back at once, 894
211: Mary's Son If you stop to find out what your wages will be 1911 860
212: Mary, Pity Women! You call yourself a man, 672
213: McAndrew's Hymn Lord, Thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream, 723
214: Memories Though all the Dead were all forgot 1930 975
215: Merrow Down There runs a road by Merrow Down, 671
216: Mesopotamia They shall not return to us, the resolute, the young, 1917 725
217: Mine Sweepers Dawn off the Foreland, the young flood making 655
218: Morning Song In The Jungle One moment past our bodies cast 743
219: Mother o' Mine If I were hanged on the highest hill, 695
220: Mowgli's Brothers Now Chil the Kite brings home the night 985
221: Mowgli's Song The Song of Mowgli, I, Mowgli, am singing. Let the jungle listen to the things I have done. 697
222: Mowgli's Song Against People I will let loose against you the fleet-footed vines, 726
223: Mulholland's Contract The fear was on the cattle, for the gale was on the sea, 639
224: Municipal Why is my District death-rate low?" 714
225: My Boy Jack Have you news of my boy Jack?" 705
226: My Father's Chair There are four good legs to my Father's Chair, 754
227: My Lady's Law The Law whereby my lady moves 676
228: My New-Cut Ashler My New-Cut ashlar takes the light 669
229: My Rival I go to concert, party, ball, 855
230: M‘Andrew’s Hymn Lord, Thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream, 1893 190886
231: Naaman’s Song Go, wash thyself in Jordan, go, wash thee and be clean! ‘ 20980
232: Natural Theology I ate my fill of a whale that died 722
233: Neighbours The man that is open of heart to his neighbour, 731
234: Non Nobis Domine! Non nobis Domine!, 1934 24911
235: Norman And Saxon My son," said the Norman Baron, "I am dying, and you will be heir 752
236: Ode - Melbourne Shrine Of Remembrance So long as memory, valour, and faith endure, 1934 421155
237: Old Fighting-Men All the world over, nursing their scars, 876
238: Old Mother Laidinwool Old Mother Laidinwool had nigh twelve months been dead. 865
239: One Viceroy Resigns So here's your Empire. No more wine, then? 838
240: Oonts Wot makes the soldier's 'eart to penk, wot makes 'im to perspire? 851
241: Our Fathers Also Thrones, Powers, Dominions, Peoples, Kings, 883
242: Our Fathers Of Old Excellent herbs had our fathers of old, 908
243: Our Lady Of The Sackcloth There was a Priest at Philæ, 84872
244: Our Lady Of The Snows A nation spoke to a Nation, 1897 48873
245: Outsong In The Jungle For the sake of him who showed 868
246: Pagett, M.P. The toad beneath the harrow knows 907
247: Pan In Vermont It’s forty in the shade to-day, the spouting eaves declare; 1893 991
248: Parade-Song Of The Camp-Animals We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, 920
249: Pharaoh And The Sergeant Said England unto Pharaoh, "I must make a man of you, 1897 946
250: Philadelphia If you're off to Philadelphia in the morning, 840
251: Piet I do not love my Empire’s foes, 72871
252: Pig Go, stalk the red deer o'er the heather, 986
253: Pink Dominoes They are fools who kiss and tell", 875
254: Poison Of Asps (A Brazilian Snake-Farm) (Brazilian Verses) Poison of asps is under our lips”? 20834
255: Poor Honest Men Your jar of Virginny 634
256: Poseidon's Low When the robust and Brass-bound Man commissioned first for sea 701
257: Possibilities Ay, lay him 'neath the Simla pine, 742
258: Preface To all to whom this little book may come, 40784
259: Prelude I have eaten your bread and salt. 808
260: Prelude To Departmental Ditties And Other Verses I have eaten your bread and salt, 12837
261: Private Ortheris’s Song My girl she give me the go onest, 48862
262: Prophets At Home Prophets have honour all over the Earth, 826
263: Public Waste Walpole talks of "a man and his price." 911
264: Puck's Song See you the ferny ride that steals 957
265: Quiquern The People of the Eastern Ice, they are melting like the snow, 922
266: Rahere Rahere, King Henry’s jester, feared by all the Norman Lords 36964
267: Rebirth If any God should say, 798
268: Recessional God of our fathers, known of old, 925
269: Red Dog For our white and our excellent nights, for the nights of swift running, 697
270: Rhodes Memorial, Table Mountain As tho’ again, yea, even once again, 1905 8856
271: Ride To Kandahar Then we brought the lances down, then the trumpets blew, 643
272: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi At the hole where he went in 763
273: Rimini When I left Rome for Lalage's sake, 959
274: Rimmon Duly with knees that feign to quake, 1903 839
275: Road-Song Of The Bandar-Log Here we go in a flung festoon, 829
276: Romulus and Remus Oh, little did the Wolf-Child care, 857
277: Route Marchin' We're marchin' on relief over Injia's sunny plains, 813
278: Russia To The Pacifists God rest you, peaceful gentlemen, let nothing you dismay, 1918 847
279: Samuel Pepys Like as the Oak whose roots descend 1933 28934
280: Sappers When the Waters were dried an' the Earth did appear, 898
281: Screw-Guns Smokin' my pipe on the mountings, sniffin' the mornin' cool, 859
282: Seal Lullaby Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us 970
283: Sepulchral Swifter than aught 'neath the sun the car of Simonides moved him. 795
284: Sestina Of The Tramp-Royal Speakin' in general, I'ave tried 'em all 658
285: Seven Watchmen Seven Watchmen sitting in a tower, 697
286: Shillin' A Day My name is O'Kelly, I've heard the Revelly 777
287: Shiv And The Grasshopper Shiv, who poured the harvest and made the winds to blow, 32871
288: Sir Richard's Song I followed my Duke ere I was a lover, 661
289: Snarleyow This 'appened in a battle to a batt'ry of the corps 657
290: Soldier An' Sailor Too As I was spittin' into the Ditch aboard o' the Crocodile, 712
291: Soldier, Soldier Soldier, soldier come from the wars, 730
292: Song Of Diego Valdez The God of Fair Beginnings 1902 799
293: Song Of Seventy Horses Once again the Steamer at Calais, the tackles 30888
294: Song Of The Dynamo (Brazilian Verses) How do I know what Order brings 12879
295: Song Of The Engines We now, held in captivity, 8895
296: Song Of The Fifth River Where first by Eden Tree 882
297: Song Of The Galley-Slaves We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low. 829
298: Song Of The Men's Side Once we feared The Beast when he followed us we ran, 809
299: Song Of The Men’s Side Once we feared The Beast, when he followed us we ran, 39802
300: Song Of The Old Guard Know this, my brethren, Heaven! clear 48886
301: Song Of The Red War-Boat Shove off from the wharf-edge! Steady! 858
302: Song Of The Wise Children When the darkened Fifties dip to the North, 1902 724
303: Songs Of Seventy Horses Once again the Steamer at Calais, the tackles 676
304: South Africa Lived a woman wonderful, 1903 745
305: Stellenbosh The general ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 52664
306: Study Of An Elevation, In Indian Ink This ditty is a string of lies. 734
307: Such As In Ships (Brazilian Verses) Such as in Ships and brittle Barks 24756
308: Sussex God gave all men all earth to love, 1902 701
309: Tarrant Moss I closed and drew for my love's sake 748
310: That Day It got beyond all orders an' it got beyond all 'ope; 690
311: The "Mary Gloster" I've paid for your sickest fancies; I've humoured your crackedest whim, 1894 804
312: The 'Eathen The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone; 658
313: The Absent-Minded Beggar When you've shouted "Rule Britannia," when you've sung "God save the Queen," 728
314: The Advertisement Whether to wend through straight streets strictly, 720
315: The American Rebellion Twas not while England's sword unsheathed 1776 739
316: The Answer A Rose, in tatters on the garden path, 760
317: The Anvil England's on the anvil, hear the hammers ring, 686
318: The Appeal It I have given you delight 690
319: The Ballad Of 'Bolivar' Seven men from all the world back to Docks again, 683
320: The Ballad Of Ahmed Shah This is the ballad of Ahmed Shah 644
321: The Ballad Of Boh Da Thone This is the ballad of Boh Da Thone, 722
322: The Ballad Of East And West Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, 725
323: The Ballad Of Fisher's Boarding-House That night, when through the mooring-chains 816
324: The Ballad Of Jakko Hill One moment bid the horses wait, 701
325: The Ballad Of Minepit Shaw About the time that taverns shut 732
326: The Ballad Of The "Bolivar" Seven men from all the world back to Docks again, 705
327: The Ballad Of The "Clampherdown" It was our war-ship Clampherdown 675
328: The Ballad Of The Cars Now this is the price of a stirrup-cup," 687
329: The Ballad Of The King's Jest When spring-time flushes the desert grass, 681
330: The Ballad Of The King's Mercy Abdhur Rahman, the Durani Chief, of him is the story told. 742
331: The Ballad Of The Red Earl Red Earl, and will ye take for guide 1891 726
332: The Bee-Boy's Song Bees! Bees! Hark to your bees! 733
333: The Bees And The Flies The Mother Hive", Actions and Reactions 820
334: The Beginner Lo! What is this that I make, sudden, supreme, unrehearsed, 678
335: The Beginning Of The Armadilloes I've never sailed the Amazon, 686
336: The Beginnings It was not part of their blood, 755
337: The Bell Buoy They christened my brother of old, 1896 739
338: The Bells And Queen Victoria Gay go up and gay go down 1911 785
339: The Benefactors Ah! What avails the classic bent 733
340: The Betrothed Open the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout, 691
341: The Birthright The miracle of our land's speech so known 815
342: The Bonfires We know the Rocket’s upward whizz; 1933 35725
343: The Bother Hastily Adam our driver swallowed a curse in the darkness, 763
344: The Braggart Petrolio, vaunting his Mercedes' power, 804
345: The Broken Men For things we never mention, 1902 777
346: The Bronckhurst Divorce Case In the daytime, when she moved about me, 689
347: The Burden One grief on me is laid 1087
348: The Burial When that great Kings return to clay, 1904 902
349: The Camels Hump The Camel's hump is an ugly lump 688
350: The Captive Not with an outcry to Allah nor any complaining 658
351: The Cat That Walked By Himself Pussy can sit by the fire and sing, 743
352: The Centaurs Up came the young Centaur-colts from the plains they were fathered in, 743
353: The Changelings Or ever the battered liners sank 663
354: The Children These were our children who died for our lands: they were dear in our sight. 716
355: The Children's Song Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee 954
356: The Choice (The American Spirit Speaks) To the Judge of Right and Wrong 650
357: The City Of Brass Here was a people whom after their works 1909 741
358: The City Of Sleep Over the edge of the purple down, 688
359: The Clerks And The Bells The merry clerks of Oxenford they stretch themselves at ease 1920 38662
360: The Coastwise Lights Our brows are bound with spindrift and the weed is on our knees; 658
361: The Coiner Against the Bermudas we foundered, whereby 673
362: The Comforters Until thy feet have trod the Road 629
363: The Consolations Of Memory Blessed was our first age and morning-time. 835
364: The Conundrum Of The Workshops When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold, 663
365: The Conversion Of Aurelian McGoggin Ride with an idle whip, ride with an unused heel, 766
366: The Covenant We thought we ranked above the chance of ill. 671
367: The Crab That Played With The Sea China-going P. & O.'s 683
368: The Craftsman Once, after long-drawn revel at The Mermaid, 667
369: The Cure Long years ago, ere R--lls or R--ce 729
370: The Dawn Wind At two o'clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, 705
371: The Day's Work We now, held in captivity, 709
372: The Dead King Who in the Realm to-day lays down dear life for the sake of a land more dear? 1910 715
373: The Declaration Of London We were all one heart and one race 1911 672
374: The Decline Of The West Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan brown, 703
375: The Deep-Sea Cables The wrecks dissolve above us; their dust drops down from afar, 741
376: The Derelict I was the staunchest of our fleet 1894 723
377: The Destroyers The strength of twice three thousand horse 1898 714
378: The Disciple He that hath a Gospel 813
379: The Dove of Dacca The freed dove flew to the Rajah's tower, 1892 672
380: The Dutch In The Medway If wars were won by feasting, 655
381: The Dying Chauffeur Wheel me gently to the garage, since my car and I must part, 685
382: The Dykes We have no heart for the fishing, we have no hand for the oar, 1902 670
383: The Egg-Shell The wind took off with the sunset, 677
384: The English Flag Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro, 658
385: The English Way After the fight at Otterburn, 1929 728
386: The Exiles' Line Now the new year reviving old desires, 646
387: The Expert Youth that trafficked long with Death, 769
388: The Explanation Love and Death once ceased their strife 672
389: The Explorer There's no sense in going further, it's the edge of cultivation, 1898 659
390: The Fabulists When all the world would keep a matter hid, 683
391: The Fairies' Siege I have been given my charge to keep, 750
392: The Fall Of Jock Gillespie This fell when dinner-time was done 712
393: The Feet Of The Young Men Now the Four-way Lodge is opened, now the Hunting Winds are loose, 1897 683
394: The Female Of The Specie When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, 1911 654
395: The Files Files The Files, Office Files ! 721
396: The Fires Men make them fires on the hearth 656
397: The First Chantey Mine was the woman to me, darkling I found her: 1896 678
398: The Flight When the grey geese heard the Fool's tread 1930 817
399: The Floods The rain it rains without a stay 690
400: The Flowers Buy my English posies! 684
401: The Four Angels As Adam lay a-dreaming beneath the Apple Tree 652
402: The Four Points Ere stopping or turning, to put foorth a hande 701
403: The French Wars The boats of Newhaven and Folkestone and Dover 713
404: The Friends I had some friends, but I dreamed that they were dead, 1927 16742
405: The Galley-Slave Oh, gallant was our galley from her carven steering-wheel 673
406: The Gift Of The Sea The dead child lay in the shroud, 690
407: The Gipsy Trail The white moth to the closing bine, 723
408: The Glory Of The Garden Our England is a garden that is full of stately views, 700
409: The Gods Of The Copybook Headings As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race, 1919 838
410: The Grave Of The Hundred Head There's a widow in sleepy Chester 714
411: The Greek National Anthem We knew thee of old, 1918 680
412: The Heritage Our Fathers in a wondrous age, 707
413: The Holy War A tinker out of Bedford, 1917 707
414: The Hour Of The Angel Sooner or late, in earnest or in jest, 704
415: The Houses Twixt my house and thy house the pathway is broad, 1898 700
416: The Hyaenas After the burial-parties leave 806
417: The Hymn To Physical Pain Dread Mother of Forgetfulness 701
418: The Idiot Boy He wandered down the moutain grade 782
419: The Instructor At times when under cover I 'ave said, 858
420: The Inventor Time and Space decreed his lot, 703
421: The Irish Guards We're not so old in the Army List, 684
422: The Islanders No doubt but ye are the People-your throne is above the King's. 1902 670
423: The Jacket Through the Plagues of Egyp' we was chasin' Arabi, 758
424: The Jester There are three degrees of bliss 719
425: The Juggler's Song When the drums begin to beat 678
426: The Jungle Books Now Chil the Kite brings home the night 671
427: The Junk And The Dhow Once a pair of savages found a stranded tree. 635
428: The Justice's Tale With them there rode a lustie Engineere 783
429: The King Farewell, Romance!" the Cave-men said; 630
430: The King And The Sea After His Realms and States were moved 1935 704
431: The King's Ankus These are the Four that are never content, that have never be filled since the Dews began, 824
432: The King's Job Once on a time was a King anxious to understand 685
433: The King's Pilgrimage Our King went forth on pilgrimage 728
434: The King's Task After the sack of the City, when Rome was sunk to a name, 1902 679
435: The Kingdom Now we are come to our Kingdom, 642
436: The Ladies I've taken my fun where I've found it; 653
437: The Lament Of The Border Cattle Thief O woe is me for the merry life 728
438: The Land When Julius Fabricius, Sub-Prefect of the Weald, 688
439: The Landau There was a landau deep and wide, 668
440: The Last Chantey Thus said The Lord in the Vault above the Cherubim 672
441: The Last Department Twelve hundred million men are spread 719
442: The Last Lap How do we know, by the bank-high river, 656
443: The Last Ode As watchers couched beneath a Bantine oak, 737
444: The Last Of The Light Brigade There were thirty million English who talked of England's might, 1891 723
445: The Last Rhyme Of True Thomas The King has called for priest and cup, 688
446: The Last Suttee Not many years ago a King died in one of the Rajpoot States. 670
447: The Law of the Jungle Now this is the Law of the Jungle, as old and as true as the sky; 664
448: The Legend Of Evil This is the sorrowful story 727
449: The Legend Of Mirth The Four Archangels, so the legends tell, 630
450: The Legend Of The Foreign Office Rajah of Kolazai, 684
451: The Legends Of Evil This is the sorrowful story 653
452: The Lesson Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 708
453: The Light That Failed So we settled it all when the storm was done 595
454: The Liner She's A Lady The Liner she's a lady, an' she never looks nor 'eeds, 1894 645
455: The Long Trail There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield, 620
456: The Looking-Glass (A Country Dance) Queen Bess was Harry’s daughter. Stand forward partners all! 35787
457: The Lost Legion There's a Legion that never was listed, 1895 796
458: The Love Song Of Har Dyal Alone upon the housetops to the North 627
459: The Lovers' Litany Eyes of grey, a sodden quay, 627
460: The Lowestoft Boat In Lowestoft a boat was laid, 913
461: The Man Who Could Write Shun, shun the Bowl! That fatal, facile drink 796
462: The Mare's Nest Jane Austen Beecher Stowe de Rouse 819
463: The Married Man The bachelor 'e fights for one 664
464: The Mary Gloster I've paid for your sickest fancies; I've humoured your crackedest whim, 839
465: The Masque Of Plenty How sweet is the shepherd's sweet life! 764
466: The Master-Cook With us there rade a Maister-Cook that came 774
467: The Men That Fought At Minden The men that fought at Minden, they was rookies in their time, 733
468: The Merchantmen King Solomon drew merchantmen, 1893 645
469: The Miracle Of Purun Bhagat The night we felt the earth would move 940
470: The Miracles I sent a message to my dear, 644
471: The Moon Of Other Days Beneath the deep veranda's shade, 758
472: The Moral You mustn't groom an Arab with a file. 670
473: The Morning Song Of The Jungle One moment past our bodies cast 989
474: The Mother's Son I have a dream, a dreadful dream, 645
475: The Mother-Lodge There was Rundle, Station Master, 682
476: The Native-Born We've drunk to the Queen, God bless her!, 1894 643
477: The Naulahka There was a strife 'twixt man and maid, 639
478: The Necessitarian I know not in Whose hands are laid 626
479: The New Knighthood Who gives him the Bath? 692
480: The North Sea Patrol Where the East wind is brewed fresh and fresh every morning, 717
481: The Nurses When, with a pain he desires to explain to the multitude, Baby 32854
482: The Nursing Sister Our sister sayeth such and such, 628
483: The Old Issue Here is nothing new nor aught unproven," say the Trumpets, 1899 844
484: The Old Men This is our lot if we live so long and labour unto the end, 1902 849
485: The Oldest Song These were never your true love's eyes. 893
486: The Only Son She dropped the bar, she shot the bolt, she fed the fire anew 925
487: The Open Door (Brazilian Verses) England is a cosy little country, 27803
488: The Other Man When the earth was sick and the skies were grey, 913
489: The Outlaws Through learned and laborious years 1914 900
490: The Overland Mail In the name of the Empress of India, make way, 1138
491: The Palace When I was a King and a Mason, a Master proven and skilled, 1902 839
492: The Parting Of The Columns We’ve rode and fought and ate and drunk as rations* come to hand, 36861
493: The Peace Of Dives The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay: 1903 976
494: The Penalty Once in life I watched a Star; 859
495: The Pirates In England When Rome was rotten-ripe to her fall, 892
496: The Pirates In England When Rome was rotten-ripe to her fall, 321030
497: The Playmate She is not Folly, that I know. 666
498: The Plea Of The Simla Dancers Too late, alas! the song 630
499: The Portent 0h, late withdrawn from human-kind 715
500: The Post That Fitted Though tangled and twisted the course of true love 645
501: The Power of the Dog There is sorrow enough in the natural way 605
502: The Prairie I see the grass shake in the sun for leagues on either hand, 676
503: The Prayer My brother kneels, so saith Kabir, 679
504: The Prayer Of Miriam Cohen From the wheel and the drift of Things 655
505: The Press The Soldier may forget his Sword, 660
506: The Pro-Consuls The overfaithful sword returns the user 605
507: The Prodigal Son Here come I to my own again, 678
508: The Progress Of The Spark This spark now set, retarded, yet forbears 912
509: The Puzzler The Celt in all his variants from Builth to Ballyhoo, 662
510: The Queen Of Fairy Land I have a thousand men," said he, 899
511: The Queen's Men Valour and Innocence 605
512: The Quesion Brethren, how shall it fare with me 1916 651
513: The Quest The knight came home from the quest, 401005
514: The Rabbi's Song If Thought can reach to Heaven, 646
515: The Recall I am the land of their fathers, 617
516: The Reeds Of Runnymede At Runnymede, At Runnymede, 911
517: The Reformers Not in the camp his victory lies 1901 1024
518: The Return Peace is declared, and I return 1141
519: The Return Of The Children Neither the harps nor the crowns amused, nor the cherubs' dove-winged races, 910
520: The Rhyme Of The Three Captains At the close of a winter day, 978
521: The Rhyme Of The Three Sealers Away by the lands of the Japanee 961
522: The River's Tale Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew, 908
523: The Roman Centurion's Song Legate, I had the news last night, my cohort ordered home 906
524: The Rout Of The White Hussars It was not in the open fight 839
525: The Rowers The banked oars fell an hundred strong, 1899 863
526: The Run Of The Downs The Weald is good, the Downs are best, 865
527: The Runes Of Weland's Sword A smith makes me To betray my Man 1906 1033
528: The Runners What is the word that they tell now, now, now! 40821
529: The Rupaiyat Of Omar Kal'vin Now the New Year, reviving last Year's Debt, 902
530: The Sack Of The Gods Strangers drawn from the ends of the earth, jewelled and plumed were we; 22824
531: The Sacrifice Of Er-Heb Er-Heb beyond the Hills of Ao-Safai 862
532: The Scholars Oh, show me how a rose can shut and be a bud again!” 1919 48870
533: The Sea And The Hills Who hath desired the Sea?, the sight of salt wind-hounded, 1902 937
534: The Sea-Wife There dwells a wife by the Northern Gate, 884
535: The Second Voyage We've sent our little Cupids all ashore, 1903 884
536: The Secret Of The Machines We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine, 856
537: The Sergeant's Weddin' E was warned agin' 'er, 682
538: The Servant When He Reigneth Three things make earth unquiet 613
539: The Service Man Tommy” you was when it began 12861
540: The Settler Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 1903 613
541: The Ship That Found Herself We now, held in captivity, 838
542: The Shut-Eye Sentry Sez the Junior Orderly Sergeant 866
543: The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo This is the mouth-filling song of the race that was run by a Boomer. 941
544: The Song At Cock-Crow The first time that Peter denied his Lord 896
545: The Song Of Diego Valdez The God of Fair Beginnings 882
546: The Song Of Seven Cities I was Lord of Cities very sumptuously builded. 782
547: The Song Of The Banjo You couldn't pack a Broadwood half a mile, 750
548: The Song Of The Cities Royal and Dower-royal, I the Queen 738
549: The Song Of The Dead Hear now the Song of the Dead, in the North by the torn berg-edges, 762
550: The Song Of The Little Hunter Ere Mor the Peacock flutters, ere the Monkey People cry, 747
551: The Song Of The Old Guard Know this, my brethren, Heaven is clear 787
552: The Song Of The Sons One from the ends of the earth, gifts at an open door, 846
553: The Song Of The Women How shall she know the worship we would do her? 782
554: The Songs Of The Lathes The fans and the beltings they roar round me. 1918 848
555: The Sons of Martha The Sons of Mary seldom bother, for they have inherited that good part; 844
556: The Spies' March There are not leaders to lead us to honour, and yet without leaders we sally, 1011
557: The Spring Running Man goes to Man! Cry the challenge through the Jungle! 871
558: The Storm Cone This is the midnight-let no star 1932 916
559: The Story Of Ung Once, on a glittering ice-field, ages and ages ago, 875
560: The Story Of Uriah Jack Barrett went to Quetta 866
561: The Stranger The Stranger within my gate, 852
562: The Supplication Of The Black Aberdeen I pray! My little body and whole span 48914
563: The Supports - (Song Of The Avaiting Seraphs.) To Him Who bade the Heavens abide, yet cease not from their motion, 54826
564: The Survival Securely, after days 871
565: The Thorkild's Song There's no wind along these seas, 571
566: The Thousandth Man One man in a thousand, Solomon says, 589
567: The Three-Decker Full thirty foot she towered from waterline to rail. 1894 553
568: The Threshold In their deepest caverns of limestone 600
569: The Totem Ere the mother's milk had dried 636
570: The Tour Thirteen as twelve my Murray always took, 729
571: The Trade They bear, in place of classic names, 800
572: The Truce Of The Bear Yearly, with tent and rifle, our careless white men go 1898 707
573: The Two Cousins Valour and Innocence 18837
574: The Two-Sided Man Much I owe to the Lands that grew, 815
575: The Ubique There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 826
576: The Undertaker's Horse The eldest son bestrides him, 922
577: The Vampire A fool there was and he made his prayer 678
578: The Verdicts Not in the thick of the fight, 1916 605
579: The Veterans To-day, across our fathers' graves, 525
580: The Vineyard At the eleventh hour he came, 593
581: The Virginity Try as he will, no man breaks wholly loose 595
582: The Voortrekker The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire, 894
583: The Wage-Slaves Oh, glorious are the guarded heights 1902 572
584: The Waster From the date that the doors of his prep-school close 1930 30838
585: The Watcher Put forth to watch, unschooled, alone, 921
586: The Way Through The Woods They shut the road through the woods 618
587: The Wet Litany When the waters' countenance 593
588: The White Man's Burden Take up the White man's burden 1899 583
589: The White Seal Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us, 850
590: The Widow At Windsor Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor 588
591: The Widow's Party Where have you been this while away, 644
592: The Widower For a season there must be pain 600
593: The Winners What the moral? Who rides may read. 613
594: The Wishing-Caps Life's all getting and giving, 560
595: The Young British Soldier When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East 588
596: The ’Eathen The ’eathen in ’is blindness bows down to wood an’ stone; 76786
597: Things and the Man Oh ye who hold the written clue 1904 607
598: Thorkild’s Song There´s no wind along these seas, 814
599: Three Friends There were three friends that buried the fourth, 842
600: Thrown Away Stopped in the straight when the race was his own 802
601: Tiger - Tiger! What of the hunting, hunter bold? 829
602: Tin Fish The ships destroy us above 582
603: To A Lady, Persuading Her To A Car Love's fiery chariot, Delia, take 547
604: To James Whitcomb Riley Your trail runs to the westward, 1890 543
605: To Motorists Since ye distemper and defile 601
606: To T. A. I have made for you a song, 533
607: To The City Of Bombay The Cities are full of pride, 605
608: To the Companions How comes it that, at even-tide, 532
609: To The True Romance Thy face is far from this our war, 1891 640
610: To The Unknown Goddess Will you conquer my heart with your beauty; my sould going out from afar? 705
611: To Thomas Atkins I have made for you a song 538
612: To Wolcott Balestier Beyond the path of the outmost sun through utter darkness hurled, 705
613: Tod's Amendment The World hath set its heavy yoke 749
614: Together Where Horse and Rider each can trust the other everywhere, 572
615: Tomlinson Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house in Berkeley Square, 796
616: Tommy I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, 714
617: Toomai Of The Elephants I will remember what I was. I am sick of rope and chain, 797
618: Troopin' Troopin', troopin', troopin' to the sea: 669
619: Two Kopjes Only two African kopjes, 686
620: Two Months No hope, no change! The clouds have shut us in, 736
621: Two Races (Brazilian Verses) I seek not what his soul desires. 20735
622: Ubique There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may 666
623: Ulster The dark eleventh hour 848
624: Untimely Nothing in life has been made by man for man's using 774
625: Verses On Games Here is a horse to tame 1898 92600
626: Very Many People On the Downs, in the Weald, on the Marshes, 1926 24577
627: We And They Father and Mother, and Me, 732
628: What Happened Hurree Chunder Mookerjee, pride of Bow Bazaar, 592
629: What The People Said By the well, where the bullocks go 1887 573
630: When 'Omer Smote 'Is Bloomin' Lyre When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, 584
631: When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried, 1892 532
632: When The Great Ark When the Great Ark, in Vigo Bay, 583
633: When The Journey Was Intended To The City When that with meat and drink they had fulfilled 648
634: White Horses Where run your colts at pasture? 1897 524
635: Wilful Missing There is a world outside the one you know, 611
636: With Drake In The Tropics South and far south below the Line, 532
637: With Scindia To Delhi The wreath of banquet overnight lay withered on the neck, 700
638: With Scindia To Delphi The wreath of banquet overnight lay withered on the neck, 536
639: Yet At The Last Yet at the last, ere our spearmen had found him, 842
640: You Must n't Swim... You must n't swim till you're six weeks old, 631
641: Zion The Doorkeepers of Zion, 747




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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