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

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BY RUDYARD KIPLING

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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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