Poems by Rudyard Kipling
To the True Romance
... A light that shifts, a glare that drifts, ...
To the Unknown Goddess
... d that they knew not an altar -- so I, a young Pagan, have praisedThe Goddess I know not nor worship ...
To Wolcott Balestier
... They are purged of pride because they died, they know the worth of their bays, ...
The Trade
... " Their feats, their fortunes and their fames ...
A Truthful Song
... But this young man could use 'em all! Then up and spoke the plumbyers bold, ...
Two Kopjes
... And a Boojer is always a Boer!Only two African kopjes, ...
Two Months
... Glares through the haze and mocks with watery light ...
The Two-Sided Man
... Minister, Mukamuk, Bonze--Here is a health, my brothers, to you, ...
Ulster
... In market, hearth, and field -- ...
The Undertaker's Horse
... Bring them back to me, O Undertaker's Horse!With your mane unhogged and flowing, ...
The Vampire
... (Even as you and I!)And it isn't the shame and it isn't the blame ...
The Verdicts
... . . But we know that we walk on a new-born earth ...
The Veterans
... Or ever we were born!One service more we dare to ask-- ...
The Virginity
... Kings on your thrones, you know as well as me, ...
The Wage-Slaves
... "For which they draw the wage!"Words cannot help nor wit achieve, ...
