I could not dig; I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?

(C) Rudyard Kipling
01/01/2000


Best Poems of Rudyard Kipling

• The Friends
• A Smugglers Song
• If
• The Quest
• A Dedication
• Tiger--tiger!
• A Song In The Desert
• We And They
• Anchor Song
• The Scholars
• The Prodigal Son
• L Envoi
• Mowglis Song
• The Sack Of The Gods
• Kim
• The Female Of The Species
• Christmas In India
• A School Song