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Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918

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Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918 (1919)
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RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE

INCLUSIVE EDITION

1885-1918


RUDYARD KIPLING'S

VERSE


INCLUSIVE EDITION



1885-1918


GARDEN CITYNEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1919

COPYRIGHT
1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899,
1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907,
1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914,
1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919,


BY RUDYARD KIPLING


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

THE VERSES FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND JUNGLE BOOKS
ARE INCLUDED BY COURTESY OF

THE CENTURY COMPANY

Contents
Page
"A Servant When He Reigneth" 628
Absent-Minded Beggar, The 522
American, An 210
American Rebellion, The 762
Anchor Song 127
"Angutivaun Taina" 733
Answer, The 425
Anvil, The 748
Arithmetic on the Frontier 50
Army Headquarters 5
"As the Bell Clinks" 59
Astrologer's Song, An 654
"Back to the Army Again" 487
Ballad of Boh Da Thone, The 293
Ballad of Burial, A 35
Ballad of East and West, The 268
Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House, The 45
Ballad of Minepit Shaw, The 725
Ballad of the Bolivar, The 156
Ballad of the Champherdown, The 158
Ballad of the King's Jest, The 283
Ballad of the King's Mercy, The 279
Ballad of the Red Earl, The 263
Ballade of Jakko Hill, A 56
Bee-Boy's Song, The 659
Bees and the Flies, The 609
"Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm" 337
Beginnings, The 739
Bell Buoy, The 339
Bells and Queen Victoria, The 768
Belts 472
Benefactors, The 391
Betrothed, The 53
Big Steamers 765
Bill 'Awkins 504
"Birds of Prey" March 490
Blue Roses 695
"Bobs" 449
Boots 538
Boy Scouts' Patrol Song, A 314
Bridge-Guard in the Karroo 234
British-Roman Song, A 614
Broken Men, The 110
Brookland Road 559
"Brown Bess" 760
Buddha at Kamakura 105
Burial, The 239
Butterflies 697
"By the Hoof of the Wild Goat" 690
Captive, The 598
Carol, A 579
Chant-Pagan 524
Cells 460
Certain Maxims of Hafiz 68
Chapter Headings
Beast and Man in India 634
Fringes of the Flight 639
Just-So Stories 669
Kim 637
Life's Handicap 636
Many Inventions 637
Plain Tales from the Hills 573
The Jungle Books 705
The Light That Failed 606
The Naulahka 603
Charm, A 569
Chil's Song 597
Children, The 587
Children's Song, The 642
Choice, The 212
Cholera Camp 500
Christmas in India 61
"Cities and Thrones and Powers" 554
City of Sleep, The 677
"Cleared" 259
Coastwise Lights, The 195
Code of Morals, A 13
Cold Iron 577
Columns 530
Comforters, The 681
Conundrum of the Workshops, The 386
Covenant, The 367
Craftsman, The 400
Cruisers 161
Cuckoo Song 568
Danegeld 747
Danny Deever 451
Darzee's Chaunt 737
Dawn Wind, The 752
Dead King, The 256
Death-Bed, A 329
Declaration of London, The 354
Dedication from "Barrack Room Ballads" 95
Dedication—To Soldiers Three 700
Deep-Sea Cables, The 199
Delilah 7
Derelict, The 170
Destroyers, The 164
Dirge of Dead Sisters 249
Divided Destinies 38
Dove of Dacca, The 291
Dutch in the Medway, The 759
Dykes, The 352
'Eathen, The 513
Eddi's Service 581
Edgehill Fight 758
Egg-Shell, The 710
En-Dor 417
England's Answer 203
English Flag, The 252
Epitaphs of the War 440
Et Dona Ferentes 331
Evarra and His Gods 388
Exiles Line, The 187
Explanation, The 423
Explorer, The 119
Fabulists, The 611
Fairies' Siege, The 587
Fall of Jock Gillespie, The 73
Female of the Species, The 418
Feet of the Young Men, The 311
Files, The 401
Fires, The 93
First Chantey, The 183
Floods, The 567
Flowers, The 216
"Follow Me 'Ome" 507
"For All We Have and Are" 378
"For to Admire" 520
Ford o' Kabul River 481
Four Angels, The 738
France 335
Frankie's Trade 729
French Wars, The 764
"Fuzzy-Wuzzy" 455
Galley-Slave, The 84
Gallio's Song 608
Gehazi 277
General Joubert 277
General Summary, A 4
Gentlemen-Rankers 483
Gethsemane 112
Giffen's Debt 90
Gift of the Sea, The 426
Gipsy Trail, The 207
Glory of the Garden, The 769
Gow's Watch 684
Grave of the Hundred Head, The 63
Great-Heart 771
Greek National Anthem, The 107
Gunga Din 462
Hadramanti 601
Half-Ballad of Waterval 544
Harp Song of the Dane Women 593
"Helen All Alone" 678
Heriot's Ford 727
Heritage, The 632
Holy War, The 333
Houses, The 204
Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack 734
Hyaenas, The 365
Hymn Before Action 373
If— 645
Imperial Rescript, An 327
In Springtime 89
Instructor, The 537
In the Matter of One Compass 193
In the Neolithic Age 393
Irish Guards, The 224
Islanders, The 347
Jacket, The 511
James I 757
Jester, The 650
Jobson's Amen 571
Jubal and Tubal Cain 622
Juggler's Song, The 730
Justice 446
King Henry VII and the Shipwrights 721
King, The 429
King's Job, The 753
King's Task, The 712
Kingdom, The 562
Kitchener's School 231
L'Envoi 93
La Nuit Blanche 31
Ladies, The 502
Lament of the Border Cattle Thief, The 309
Land, The 666
Last Chantey, The 184
Last Department, The 23
Last of the Light Brigade, The 228
Last Rhyme of True Thomas, The 430
Last Suttee, The 273
Law of the Jungle, The 626
Legend of Mirth, The 582
Legend of the Foreign Office, A 4
Legends of Evil, The 404
Lesson, The 344
Lichtenberg 541
Liner She's a Lady, The 181
Long Trail, The 189
Looking-Glass, The 675
Loot 466
Lord Roberts 233
Lost Legion, The 222
Love Song of Har Dyal, The 700
Lovers' Litany, The 34
Lowestoft Boat, The 717
"Lukannon" 653
M. I. 527
M'Andrew's Hymn 137
Macdonough's Song 630
Man Who Could Write, The 19
Mandalay 476
Married Man, The 539
Mary Gloster, The 147
"Mary Pity Women!" 518
Mary's Son 426
Masque of Plenty, The 39
Merchantmen, The 172
Merrow Down 662
Mesopotamia 346
Mine Sweepers 693
Miracles, The 101
Moon of Other Days, The 72
Morning Song of the Jungle 694
Mother-Lodge, The 505
Mother o' Mine 701
Mowgli's Song Against People 703
Mulholland's Contract 145
Municipal 22
My Boy Jack 247
My Father's Chair 752
My Lady's Law 698
"My New-Cut Ashlar" 580
My Rival 25
Native Born, The 218
Nativity, A 248
Natural Theology 395
Necessitarian, The 648
New Knighthood, The 590
Norman and Saxon 749
North Sea Patrol, The 731
Nursing Sister, The 699
Old Issue, The 341
Old Men, The 368
Old Mother Laidinwool 664
Old Song, An 66
Oldest Song, The 181
One Viceroy Resigns 78
Only Son, The 702
Oonts 464
"Our Fathers Also" 612
"Our Fathers of Old" 631
Our Lady of the Snows 208
Outlaws, The 370
Outsong in the Jungle 591
Overland Mail, The 37
Pagett, M.P. 29
Palace, The 438
Pan in Vermont 407
Parade Song of the Camp-Animals 643
Parting of the Columns, The 533
Pharaoh and the Sergeant 226
Pict Song, A 614
Piet 546
Pilgrim's Way, A 423
Pink Dominoes 20
Pirates in England, The 746
Plea of the Simla Dancers, The 57
"Poor Honest Men" 618
Poseidon's Law 716
Possibilities 49
Post that Fitted, The 12
Prairie, The 570
Prayer, The 740
Prayer of Miriam Cohen, The 680
Prelude to Departmental Ditties 3
Press, The 600
Pro-Consuls, The 123
Prodigal Son, The 646
Prophets at Home 621
Public Waste 15
Puck's Song 555
Puzzler, The 599
Queen's Men, The 676
Question, The 376
Rabbi's Song, The 658
Rebirth 649
Recall, The 554
Recantation, A 421
Recessional 377
Reeds of Runnymede, The 750
Reformers, The 366
Return, The 551
Return of the Children, The 661
Rhyme of the Three Captains, The 381
Rhyme of the Three Sealers 129
Rimini 617
Rimmon 359
Ripple Song, A 696
River's Tale, The 743
Road Song of the Bandar-Log 610
Roman Centurion's Song, The 744
Romulus and Remus 704
Route Marchin' 484
Rowers, The 325
Run of the Downs, The 558
Rupaiyat of Omar Kal'vin, The 28
Russia to the Pacifists 319
Sack of the Gods, The 560
Sacrifice of Er-Heb, The 302
St. Helena Lullaby, A 596
Sappers 494
School Song, A 623
Screw-Guns 458
Sea and the Hills, The 125
Sea-Wife, The 108
Second Voyage, The 179
Secret of the Machines, The 766
Sergeant's Weddin', The 509
Service Man, The 522
Sestina of the Tramp-Royal 100
Settler, The 242
Seven Watchmen 448
Shillin' a Day 486
Shiv and the Grasshopper 585
Shut-Eye Sentry, The 516
Sir Richard's Song 564
Smuggler's Song, A 720
"Snarleyow" 469
Soldier, Soldier 457
"Soldier an' Sailor Too" 492
Song at Cock-Crow, A 374
Song in Storm, A 169
Song of Diego Valdez, The 175
Song of Kabir, A 578
Song of the Banjo, The 113
Song of the Cities, The 200
Song of the Dead, The 196
Song of the English, A 194
Song of the Fifth River 640
Song of the Lathes, The 357
Song of the Little Hunter, The 683
Song of the Men's Side 735
Song of the Red War-Boat 691
Song of the Sons, The 200
Song of the White Men, A 324
Song of the Wise Children 103
Song of the Women, The 52
Song of Seven Cities, The 660
Song of Travel, A 651
Song to Mithras, A 589
Sons of Martha, The 436
South Africa 237
Spies' March, The 117
Stellenbosh 543
Story of Ung, The 397
Story of Uriah, The 11
Study of an Elevation, in India Ink 6
Stranger, The 616
Sussex 244
Tale of Two Cities, A 86
Tarrant Moss 562
That Day 497
"The City of Brass" 361
"The Men That Fought at Minden" 498
"The Power of the Dog" 656
"The Trade" 711
Things and the Man 240
Thorkild's Song 732
Thousandth Man, The 594
Three-Decker, The 379
Three-Part Song, A 558
To the City of Bombay 205
To the True Romance 97
To the Unknown Goddess 26
To Thomas Atkins 448
"Together" 756
Tomlinson 411
Tommy 453
Translation, A 652
Tree Song, A 565
Troopin' 478
Truce of the Bear, The 316
Truthful Song, A 718
Two Kopjes 535
Two Months 92
Two-Sided Man, The 652
Ubique 550
Ulster 266
Undertaker's Horse, The 77
Vampire, The 251
Verdicts, The 163
Verses on Games 408
Veterans, The 351
Virginity, The 403
Voortrekker, The 623
Wage-Slaves, The 355
Way Through the Woods, The 557
Wet Litany, The 724
What Happened 17
What the People said 75
When Earth's Last Picture is Painted 258
"When the Great Ark" 620
White Horses 166
White Man's Burden, The 371
Widow at Windsor, The 470
Widow's Party, The 479
Widower, The 680
"Wilful-Missing" 548
Winners, The 595
Wishing Caps, The 689
With Drake in the Tropics 755
With Scindia to Delhi 286
Young British Soldier, The 474
Young Queen, The 214
Zion 104

RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE

INCLUSIVE EDITION

1885-1918


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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