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    The Poetry Of Rudyard Kipling Vol.2: "If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten."
    The Poetry Of Rudyard Kipling Vol.2: "If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten."
    The Poetry Of Rudyard Kipling Vol.2: "If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten."
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    The Poetry Of Rudyard Kipling Vol.2: "If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten."

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    The Poetry Of Rudyard Kipling, Volume 2. Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. Here we look at the works of Rudyard Kipling; that great Victorian, that great writer of Empire, that great man; from ‘The Jungle Book’ to ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ to a great and voluminous poet with works of the calibre of ‘If’ and ‘On The Road To Mandalay’ a man at the top of his craft and always aware of his affect on the minds of us mere mortals. In this second volume he may not quite reach the heights but the situations, characters and subjects stand out under his knowing gaze. Some of these poems may have lain forgotten but deserve to again be part of his fine canon of works. With our almost religious zeal to categorise and pigeon hole everything it should come as little surprise that one of the poems we learnt at school should so regularly be voted the best ever poem. Whether ‘If..’ deserves that credit or not is irrelevant to this empire wandering artist who was not only a fine story teller but a great poet of the Empire, its people and views. In today’ society some of what he had to say was undoubtedly wrong but of its time and we can learn much from that as well as all that was good about his other work. Many of the poems are also available as an audiobook from our sister company Portable Poetry. Many samples are at our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee The full volume can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores. Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe.

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    Release dateSep 24, 2013
    ISBN9781780008066
    The Poetry Of Rudyard Kipling Vol.2: "If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten."
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    Rudyard Kipling

    Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now known as Mumbai), India, but returned with his parents to England at the age of five. Among Kipling’s best-known works are The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, and the poems “Mandalay” and “Gunga Din.” Kipling was the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize for literature (1907) and was among the youngest to have received the award. 

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      The Poetry Of Rudyard Kipling Vol.2 - Rudyard Kipling

      The Poetry Of Rudyard Kipling, Volume 2

      Poetry is a fascinating use of language.  With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries.  In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage.

      Here we look at the works of Rudyard Kipling; that great Victorian, that great writer of Empire, that great man; from ‘The Jungle Book’ to ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ to a great and voluminous poet with works of the calibre of ‘If’ and ‘On The Road To Mandalay’ a man at the top of his craft and always aware of his affect on the minds of us mere mortals.  In this second volume he may not quite reach the heights but the situations, characters and subjects stand out under his knowing gaze. Some of these poems may have lain forgotten but deserve to again be part of his fine canon of works.

      With our almost religious zeal to categorise and pigeon hole everything it should come as little surprise that one of the poems we learnt at school should so regularly be voted the best ever poem.  Whether ‘If..’ deserves that credit or not is irrelevant to this empire wandering artist who was not only a fine story teller but a great poet of the Empire, its people and views.  In today’ society some of what he had to say was undoubtedly wrong but of its time and we can learn much from that as well as all that was good about his other work.

      Many of the poems are also available as an audiobook from our sister company Portable Poetry.  Many samples are at our youtube channel   http://www.youtube.com/user/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee    The full volume can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores.  Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe

      Index Of Poems

      A Ballad Of Burial

      Ulster

      Troopin’

      What The People Said

      White Horses

      The Two-Sided Man

      The Secret Of The Machinery

      The Shut Eye Sentry

      The Pro-Consuls

      The Question

      The Queen’s Men

      The Recall

      The Prodigal Son

      The Press

      The Native Born

      The Overland Mail

      The Outlaws

      The Portent

      The Morning Song Of The Jungle

      The Men That Fought At Minden

      The Lost Legion

      The Miracle Of Purun Bhagat

      The Mine Sweepers

      The Merchantmen

      The Legend Of The Foreign Office

      The King’s Task

      The Last Shuttee

      The Last Department

      The Land

      The Holy War

      The Irish Guards

      The Hour Of The Angel

      The Junk And The Dhow

      The Hymn To Physical Pain

      The Hyaenas

      The Kingdom

      The Heritage

      The Instructor

      The King And The Sea

      The Grave Of The Hundred Heads

      The Female Of The Species

      The French Wars

      The Gift Of The Sea

      The Fabulists

      The Fires

      The Four Angels

      The Four Points

      The Glory Of The Garden

      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,

      Pack me very thoroughly

      In the ice that used to slake

      Pegs I drank when I was dry

      This observe for old sake's sake.

      To the railway station hie,

      There a single ticket take

      For Umballa - goods-train - I

      Shall not mind delay or shake.

      I shall rest contentedly

      Spite of clamor coolies make;

      Thus in state and dignity

      Send me up for old sake's sake.

      Next the sleepy Babu wake,

      Book a Kalka van for four.

      Few, I think, will care to make

      Journeys with me any more

      As they used to do of yore.

      I shall need a special break

      Thing I never took before

      Get me one for old sake's sake.

      After that - arrangements make.

      No hotel will take me in,

      And a bullock's back would break

      'Neath the teak and leaden skin

      Tonga ropes are frail and thin,

      Or, did I a back-seat take,

      In a tonga I might spin,

      Do your best for old sake's sake.

      After that - your work is done.

      Recollect a Padre must

      Mourn the dear departed one

      Throw the ashes and the dust.

      Don't go down at once. I trust

      You will find excuse to "snake

      Three days' casual on the bust."

      Get your fun for old sake's sake.

      I could never stand the Plains.

      Think of blazing June and May

      Think of those September rains

      Yearly till the Judgment Day!

      I should never rest in peace,

      I should sweat and lie awake.

      Rail me then, on my decease,

      To the Hills for old sake's sake.

      Ulster

      (Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of inquity and the act of violence is in their hands.

      Isaiah lix. 6.)

      The dark eleventh hour

      Draws

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