Synopses & Reviews
In such poems as "Gunga Din," "Mandalay," "Tommy," "Danny Deever," "If —," "The White Man's Burden," and "The Female of the Species," Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) evoked stirring images and created archetypes of British character at the height of the Empire. Filled with character study, dramatic incident, and rousing language, the poems delineate the time, place, and ethos of British ascendancy as surely as a novel or history of the period, yet they possess a timelessness and universality that lifts them above the purely temporal.
Readers will find in this choice selection of 44 poems, reprinted from authoritative editions, not only a glimpse of the Empire, but the works of a vigorous and original poet who brought the language apt and colorful turns of phrase we still cherish.
Synopsis
Treasury of 44 poems recalls British character and attitudes at the height of the Empire. "Gunga Din," "Danny Deever," "If," "The White Mans Burden," many others, reprinted from standard texts. Notes.
Synopsis
44 poems: "Gunga Din," "Danny Deever," "If--," "The White Man's Burden," many others.
Synopsis
Treasury of 44 poems evokes stirring images of British character and attitudes at the height of the Empire. "Gunga Din," "Danny Deever," "If—," "The White Man's Burden," "The Female of the Species," many others, filled with character study, dramatic incident and rousing language New Notes to the Text. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.
Synopsis
Treasury of 44 poems recalls British character and attitudes at the height of the Empire. "Gunga Din," "Danny Deever," "If--," "The White Man's Burden," many others, reprinted from standard texts. Notes. Lists of titles and first lines.
About the Author
Nobel Laureate Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is best remembered for children's tales such as The Jungle Book as well as his poetry and stories about British soldiers in India, which include "Gunga Din" and The Man Who Would Be King. Kipling was enormously popular at the turn of the 20th century but his reputation declined with the change in attitude toward British imperialism. In recent years Kipling's works have found new acclaim as a vibrant source of literary and cultural history.
Table of Contents
From Departmental Ditties and Other Poems (1886 ff.)
A Legend of the Foreign Office
The Story of Uriah
My Rival
The Betrothed
From Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads (1892 ff.)
The Ballad of East and West
The Ballad of the King's Mercy
The Ballad of the 'Bolivar'
The Conundrum of the Workshops
In the Neolithic Age
The English Flag
Tomlinson
Danny Deever
Tommy
'Fuzzy-Wuzzy'
Gunga Din
Oonts
The Widow at Windsor
Mandalay
Gentlemen-Rankers
L'Envoi (The Long Trail)
From The Seven Seas (1896)
McAndrew's Hymn
Sestina of the Tramp-Royal
When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre'
The Ladies
The Sergeant's Weddin'
The 'Eathen
L'Envoi ('When Earth's last picture is painted')
From The Five Nations (1903)
The Sea and the Hills
The White Man's Burden
Boots
From Songs from Books (1912 ff.)
Cities and Thrones and Powers (from Puck of Pook's Hill, 1906)
Tarrant Moss (from Plain Tales from the Hills, 1888)
A Song to Mithras (from Puck of Pook's Hill)
Hadramauti (from Plain Tales from the Hills)
The Law of the Jungle (from The Second Jungle Book, 1895)
Blue Roses (from The Light That Failed, 1890)
Mother o' Mine (from The Light That Failed)
From Miscellaneous Sources
The Vampire (1897)
Recessional (1897)
The Absent-Minded Beggar (1899)
The Female of Species (1911)