RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE
INCLUSIVE EDITION
1885-1918
| Books by Rudyard Kipling | |
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RUDYARD KIPLING'S
VERSE
INCLUSIVE EDITION
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1885-1918
GARDEN CITY NEW 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 | |
| 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 Fleet | 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 Naulakha | 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 | 
| Craftsmen, The | 400 | 
| Cruisers | 161 | 
CONTENTS 
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" 9$ 
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 Medwr.v, T!:c 759 
Dykes, The . . 352 
'Eathen, The 513 
Eddi's Servise 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 61 1 
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 Arc" 378 
" For to Admire" ' 520 
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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 
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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 9 
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 '. '. ,/, 7 
Lovers' Litany, The 34 
Lowestoft Boat, The : ., f ,.,,,.. . 717 
"Lukannon" 653 
M.I. - - ^ 5*7 
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 
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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 43 
Pan in Vermont 407 
Parade Song of the Camp-Animals 643 
Parting of the Columns, The 533 
Pharaoh and the Sergeant 226 
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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 Ban Jar-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 '. v ..*... 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