| Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). Verse: 1885–1918. 1922. | | | | The Two-sided Man |
| | | MUCH I owe to the Lands that grew— | |
| More to the Lives that fed— | |
| But most to Allah Who gave me two | |
| Separate sides to my head. | |
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| Much I reflect on the Good and the True | 5 |
| In the Faiths beneath the sun, | |
| But most upon Allah Who gave me two | |
| Sides to my head, not one. | |
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| Wesley’s following, Calvin’s flock, | |
| White or yellow or bronze, | 10 |
| Shaman, Ju-ju or Angekok, | |
| Minister, Mukamuk, Bonze— | |
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| Here is a health, my brothers, to you, | |
| However your prayers are said, | |
| And praised be Allah Who gave me two | 15 |
| Separate sides to my head! | |
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| I would go without shirt or shoe, | |
| Friend, tobacco or bread, | |
| Sooner than lose for a minute the two | |
| Separate sides of my head! | 20 | | | |
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