Verses 1889-1896

Name: Verses 1889-1896
Author: Rudyard Kipling

by Rudyard Kipling

Pages: about 203
Category: Literature & Fiction
Language: English
Reading time: 3.7 h at 250 wpm

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From the opening

THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S MERCY Abdhur Rahman, the Durani Chief, of him is the story told,
THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S JEST When spring-time flushes the desert grass,
WITH SCINDIA TO DELHI The wreath of banquet overnight lay withered on the neck,
THE BALLAD OF BOH DA THONE This is the ballad of Boh Da Thone,
THE LAMENT OF THE BORDER CATTLE THIEF O woe is me for the merry life,
THE RHYME OF THE THREE CAPTAINS . . . At the close of a winter day,
THE BALLAD OF THE “BOLIVAR” Seven men from all the world back to Docks again,
THE GIFT OF THE SEA The dead child lay in the shroud,
EVARRA AND HIS GODS Read here: This is the story of Evarra -- man --,
THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
THE ENGLISH FLAG Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro,
AN IMPERIAL RESCRIPT Now this is the tale of the Council the German Kaiser decreed,
TOMLINSON Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house in Berkeley Square,
L'ENVOI There's a whisper down the field where the year has shot her yield,
[In India, the swastika is an ancient symbol of good fortune. Kipling frequently used the swastika in this context.]
A SONG OF THE ENGLISH Fair is our lot -- O goodly is our heritage!
The Coastwise Lights Our brows are bound with spindrift and the weed is on our knees,
The Song of the Dead Hear now the Song of the Dead -- in the North by the torn berg-edges,
The Deep-Sea Cables The wrecks dissolve above us; their dust drops down from afar --,

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Verses 1889-1896

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