Who is Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book dilogy (The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895), Kim (1901), the Just So Stories (1902) and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift."Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among t...
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Rudyard Kipling Poems
- The Vampire
A fool there was and he made his prayer
(Even as you and I!)
To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair
(We called her the woman who did not care),... - In Springtime
My garden blazes brightly with the rose-bush and the peach,
And the koil sings above it, in the siris by the well,
From the creeper-covered trellis comes the squirrel's chattering speech,
And the blue jay screams and flutters where the cheery sat-bhai dwell.... - A Ballad Of Burial
If down here I chance to die,
Solemnly I beg you take
All that is left of "I"
To the Hills for old sake's sake,... - Follow Me 'ome
There was no one like 'im, 'Orse or Foot,
Nor any o' the Guns I knew;
An' because it was so, why, o' course 'e went an' died,
Which is just what the best men do.... - The Way Through The Woods
They shut the road through the woods
Seventy years ago.
Weather and rain have undone it again,
And now you would never know...
Top 10 most used topics by Rudyard Kipling
Never 179 God 178 Night 173 Good 158 Time 158 Long 156 Earth 150 Heart 148 Away 141 I Love You 139Rudyard Kipling Quotes
- Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
- I always prefer to believe the best of everybody - it saves so much trouble.
- Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
- Every woman knows all about everything.
- Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.
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A Schwartz: "Pink Dominoes" in your transcription is missing the last stanza, which contains the punchline! (Sir Julian bribes him to silence by giving him a job.)
