Rudyard Kipling. 1922. Verse: 1885-1918

Verse > Rudyard Kipling > Verse: 1885–1918

Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, / Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; / But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, / When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!

—The Ballad of East and West, ll. 1–4.

Rudyard
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Rudyard Kipling’s Verse

Inclusive Edition, 1885–1918

These 416 selections represent the best of the Nobel prize–winning poet—from Gunga Din to If.

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record

GARDEN CITY: DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & Co., 1922
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2013

Prelude A General Summary Army Headquarters Study of an Elevation, in Indian Ink Delilah A Legend of the Foreign Office The Story of Uriah The Post That Fitted A Code of Morals Public Waste What Happened The Man Who Could Write Pink Dominoes Municipal The Last Department My Rival To the Unknown Goddess The Rupaiyat of Omar Kal’vin Pagett, M.P. La Nuit Blanche The Lovers’ Litany A Ballad of Burial The Overland Mail Divided Destinies The Masque of Plenty The Mare’s Nest The Ballad of Fisher’s Boarding-house Possibilities Arithmetic on the Frontier The Song of the Women The Betrothed A Ballade of Jakko Hill The Plea of the Simla Dancers “As the Bell Clinks” Christmas in India The Grave of the Hundred Head An Old Song Certain Maxims of Hafiz The Moon of Other Days The Fall of Jock Gillespie What the People Said The Undertaker’s Horse One Viceroy Resigns The Galley-Slave A Tale of Two Cities In Springtime Giffen’s Debt Two Months L’Envoi The Fires Dedication from “Barrack Room Ballads” To the True Romance Sestina of the Tramp-Royal The Miracles Song of the Wise Children Zion Buddha at Kamakura The Greek National Anthem The Sea-wife The Broken Men Gethsemane The Song of the Banjo The Spies’ March The Explorer The Pro-consuls The Sea and the Hills Anchor Song Rhyme of the Three Sealers M’Andrew’s Hymn Mulholland’s Contract The “Mary Gloster” The Ballad of the “Bolivar” The Ballad of the “Clampherdown” Cruisers The Verdicts The Destroyers White Horses A Song in Storm The Derelict The Merchantmen The Song of Diego Valdez The Second Voyage The Oldest Song The Liner She’s a Lady The First Chantey The Last Chantey The Exiles’ Line The Long Trail In the Matter of One Compass A Song of the English The Coastwise Lights The Song of the Dead The Deep-sea Cables The Song of the Sons The Song of the Cities England’s Answer The Houses To the City of Bombay The Gipsy Trail Our Lady of the Snows An American The Choice The Young Queen The Flowers The Native-Born The Lost Legion The Irish Guards Pharaoh and the Sergeant The Last of the Light Brigade Kitchener’s School Lord Roberts Bridge-Guard in the Karroo South Africa The Burial Things and the Man The Settler Sussex My Boy Jack A Nativity Dirge of Dead Sisters The Vampire The English Flag The Dead King When Earth’s Last Picture Is Painted “Cleared” The Ballad of the Red Earl Ulster The Ballad of East and West The Last Suttee General Joubert Gehazi The Ballad of the King’s Mercy The Ballad of the King’s Jest With Scindia to Delhi The Dove of Dacca The Ballad of Boh Da Thone The Sacrifice of Er-Heb The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief The Feet of the Young Men A Boy Scouts’ Patrol Song The Truce of the Bear Russia to the Pacifists The Peace of Dives A Song of the White Men The Rowers An Imperial Rescript A Death-bed Et Dona Ferentes The Holy War France “Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm” The Bell Buoy The Old Issue The Lesson Mesopotamia The Islanders The Veterans The Dykes The Declaration of London The Wage-Slaves The Song of the Lathes Rimmon “The City of Brass” The Hyænas The Reformers The Covenant The Old Men The Outlaws The White Man’s Burden Hymn before Action A Song at Cock-crow The Question Recessional “For All We Have and Are” The Three-decker The Rhyme of the Three Captains The Conundrum of the Workshops Evarra and His Gods The Benefactors In the Neolithic Age Natural Theology The Story of Ung The Craftsman The Files The Virginity The Legends of Evil Pan in Vermont Verses on Games Tomlinson En-dor The Female of the Species A Recantation The Explanation A Pilgrim’s Way The Answer Mary’s Son The Gift of the Sea The King The Last Rhyme of True Thomas The Sons of Martha The Palace Epitaphs of the War Justice Seven Watchmen To Thomas Atkins Bobs Danny Deever Tommy “Fuzzy-Wuzzy” Soldier, Soldier Screw-guns Cells Gunga Din Oonts Loot “Snarleyow” The Widow at Windsor Belts The Young British Soldier Mandalay Troopin’ The Widow’s Party Ford o’ Kabul River Gentlemen-rankers Route Marchin’ Shillin’ a Day “Back to the Army Again” “Birds of Prey” March “Soldier an’ Sailor Too” Sappers That Day “The Men That Fought at Minden” Cholera Camp The Ladies Bill ’Awkins The Mother-Lodge “Follow Me ’Ome” The Sergeant’s Weddin’ The Jacket The ’Eathen The Shut-eye Sentry “Mary, Pity Women!” “For to Admire” “The Service Man” The Absent-minded Beggar Chant-Pagan M. I. Columns The Parting of the Columns Two Kopjes The Instructor Boots The Married Man Lichtenberg Stellenbosh Half-ballad of Waterval Piet “Wilful-Missing” Ubique The Return “Cities and Thrones and Powers” The Recall Puck’s Song The Way through the Woods A Three-part Song The Run of the Downs Brookland Road The Sack of the Gods The Kingdom Tarrant Moss Sir Richard’s Song A Tree Song The Floods Cuckoo Song A Charm The Prairie Jobson’s Amen Chapter Headings, I Cold Iron A Song of Kabir A Carol “My New-cut Ashlar” Eddi’s Service The Legend of Mirth Shiv and the Grasshopper The Fairies’ Siege The Children A Song to Mithras The New Knighthood Outsong in the Jungle Harp Song of the Dane Women The Thousandth Man The Winners A St. Helena Lullaby Chil’s Song The Captive The Puzzler The Press Hadramauti Chapter Headings, II Gallio’s Song The Bees and the Flies Road-song of the Bandar-log The Fabulists “Our Fathers Also” A British–Roman Song A Pict Song The Stranger “Rimini” “Poor Honest Men” “When the Great Ark” Prophets at Home Jubal and Tubal Cain The Voortrekker A School Song The Law of the Jungle “A Servant When He Reigneth” Macdonough’s Song “Our Fathers of Old” The Heritage Chapter Headings, III Song of the Fifth River The Children’s Song Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals IF—— The Prodigal Son The Necessitarian Rebirth The Jester A Song of Travel The Two-sided Man A Translation “Lukannon” An Astrologer’s Song “The Power of the Dog” The Rabbi’s Song The Bee Boy’s Song The Song of Seven Cities The Return of the Children Merrow Down Old Mother Laidinwool The Land Chapter Headings, IV The Looking-glass The Queen’s Men The City of Sleep “Helen All Alone” The Widower The Prayer of Miriam Cohen The Comforters The Song of the Little Hunter Gow’s Watch The Wishing-Caps “By the Hoof of the Wild Goat” Song of the Red War-boat Mine Sweepers Morning Song in the Jungle Blue Roses A Ripple Song Butterflies My Lady’s Law The Nursing Sister The Love Song of Har Dyal A Dedication Mother o’ Mine The Only Son Mowgli’s Song against People Romulus and Remus Chapter Headings, V The Egg-shell “The Trade” The King’s Task Poseidon’s Law The Lowestoft Boat A Truthful Song A Smuggler’s Song King Henry VII and the Shipwrights The Wet Litany The Ballad of Minepit Shaw Heriot’s Ford Frankie’s Trade The Juggler’s Song The North Sea Patrol Thorkild’s Song “Angutivaun Taina” Hunting-song of the Seeonee Pack Song of the Men’s Side Darzee’s Chaunt The Four Angels The Beginnings The Prayer The River’s Tale The Roman Centurion’s Song The Pirates in England Danegeld The Anvil Norman and Saxon The Reeds of Runnymede My Father’s Chair The Dawn Wind The King’s Job With Drake in the Tropics “Together” James I Edgehill Fight The Dutch in the Medway “Brown Bess” The American Rebellion The French Wars Big Steamers The Secret of the Machines The Bells and Queen Victoria The Glory of the Garden Great-Heart Philadelphia When ’Omer Smote ’Is Bloomin’ Lyre

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