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 Last Rhyme Of True Thomas
The King has called for priest and cup,
The King has taken spur and blade
To dub True Thomas a belted knight,
And all for the sake o' the songs he made.... - The Mare's Nest
Jane Austen Beecher Stowe de Rouse
Was good beyond all earthly need;
But, on the other hand, her spouse
Was very, very bad indeed.... - The Derelict
~And reports the derelict ~Mary Pollock~ still at sea.~
SHIPPING NEWS.
... - The New Knighthood
Who gives him the Bath?
"I," said the wet,
Rank-Jungle-sweat,
"I'll give him the Bath!" ... - The Song Of The Women
How shall she know the worship we would do her?
The walls are high, and she is very far.
How shall the woman's message reach unto her
Above the tumult of the packed bazaar?...
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.)
