Synopses & Reviews
COLLECTED VERSE OF RUDYARD KIPLING - CONTENTS CONTENTS The Fires xi Dedication from Barrack Room Ballads 1 To the True Romance 3 Sestina of the Tramp-Royal 6 The Miractes 7 Song of the Wise Children 8 Buddha at Kamakura 10 The Sea-Wife 11 The Broken Men 13 The Song of the Banjo 15 The Explorer 19 The Sea and the Hills 23 Anchor Song 24 Rhyme of the Three Sealers 26 MAndrews Hymn 34 Mulhollands Contract 42 The Mary Gloster 45 The Ballad of The Bolivar 53 The Ballad of the Clampherdown 55 Cruisers 58 The Destroyers 60 White Horses 62 The Derelict 65 The Merchantmen 67 The Song of Diego Valdez 70 The Second Voyage 73 75 The Liner she s a Lady vi CONTENTS The First Chantey 76 The Last Chantey 78 The Long Trail 80 A Song of the English 84 The Coastwise Lights 85 The Song of the Dead 86 The Deep-Sea Cables 89 The Song of the Sons 89 The Song of the Cities 90 Answer . 93 Englands To the City of Bombay 94 Our Lady of the Snows 96 An American 97 The Young Queen 100 The Flowers 102 The Native-Born 105 The Lost Region 108 Pharaoh and the Sergeant 110 Kitcheners School 113 in the Karroo . . . 115 Bridge-Guard South Africa, 118 The Burial 120 The Settler 121 Sussex, . . . . .... 123 Dirge of Dead Sisters ...... -.. 126 The English Flag When Earths Last Picture is Painted 131 Cleared 132 The Ballad of East and West 136 The Last Suttee 141 General Joubert 145 The Ballad of the Kings Mercy 146 The Ballad of the Kings Jest 149 With Scindia to Delhi 153 128 CONTENTS vii The Dove of Dacca 157 The Ballad of Boh Da Thone 159 The Sacrifice of Er-Heb 168 The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief 174 The Feet of the Young Men 176 The Truce of the Bear 179 The Peace of Dives 182 An Imperial Rescript 186 Et DonaFerentes 188 SERVICE SONGS SOUTH AFRICAN WAR Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm 193 The Bell Buoy 194 The Old Issue 197 The Lesson 200 The Islanders 202 The Dykes ... 206 The Wage-Slaves 208 Rimmon 210 The Reformers 212 The Old Men 214 The White Mans Burden 215 Hymn Before Action 217 Recessional 219 The Three-Decker 220 The Rhyme of the Three Captains 222 The Conundrum of the Workshops .227 Evarra and his Gods 229 In the Neolithic Age 231 The Story of Ung 233 The Files 236 The Legends of Evil 238 Tomlinson 241 J viii CONTENTS The Explanation 246 The Answer 247 The Gift of the Sea 248 The King 250 The Last Rhyme of True Thomas 252 The Palace 257 BARRACK ROOM BALLADS. I INDIAN SERVICE To Thomas Atkins 261 Danny Deever 261 Tommy 263 Fuzzy-Wuzzy 265 Soldier, Soldier . . . . . . . 267 Screw-Guns 268 Cells 270 Gunga Din 271 Oonts Loot ....... ., . . 274 276 Snarleyow, .. .. . .. ...