Poetry Codex

Victorian

Rudyard Kipling

1865–1936

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author born in Bombay, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907, whose verse gave voice to soldiers, machines, and the British imperial experience in vigorous, ballad-like rhythms.

Poems such as If—, Gunga Din, and Recessional made him one of the most quoted poets in the English language.

Poems (468)

  1. The Naulahka
  2. The Light That Failed
  3. Gallio's Song
  4. The Bees and the Flies
  5. Road-song of the bandar-log
  6. 'our Fathers Also'
  7. (a.d. 406)
  8. A Pict Song
  9. The Stranger
  10. 'rimini'
  11. And he left Rome, etc
  12. (a.d. 1800)
  13. 'when the Great Ark'
  14. Prophets at Home
  15. Jubal and Tubal Cain
  16. A School Song
  17. 'a Servant When He Reigneth'
  18. 'our Fathers of Old'
  19. The Heritage
  20. 'beast and Man in India'
  21. Life's Handicap
  22. Kim
  23. Many Inventions
  24. Song of the Fifth River
  25. The Children's Song
  26. Elephants of the Gun-teams
  27. Gun-bullocks
  28. Cavalry Horses
  29. Screw-gun Mules
  30. Commissariat Camels
  31. All the Beasts Together
  32. If--
  33. The Prodigal Son
  34. The Necessitarian
  35. The Jester
  36. A Song of Travel
  37. The Two-sided Man
  38. 'lukannon'
  39. An Astrologer's Song
  40. 'the Power of the Dog'
  41. The Rabbi's Song
  42. The Bee Boy's Song
  43. I
  44. II
  45. Old Mother Laidinwool
  46. Just-so Stories
  47. The Queen's Men
  48. The City of Sleep
  49. The Widower
  50. The Prayer of Miriam Cohen
  51. The Song of the Little Hunter
  52. The Wishing Caps
  53. 'by the Hoof of the Wild Goat'
  54. (a.d. 683)
  55. Morning Song in the Jungle
  56. Blue Roses
  57. A Ripple Song
  58. Butterflies
  59. My Lady's Law
  60. The Nursing Sister
  61. The Love Song of Har Dyal
  62. A Dedication
  63. Mother O' Mine
  64. Mowgli's Song Against People
  65. Romulus and Remus
  66. The Jungle Books
  67. The Egg-shell
  68. Poseidon's Law
  69. A Truthful Song
  70. A Smuggler's Song
  71. (a.d. 1487)
  72. The Wet Litany
  73. The Ballad of Minepit Shaw
  74. Heriot's Ford
  75. Frankie's Trade
  76. The Juggler's Song
  77. Thorkild's Song
  78. Song of the Returning Hunter (Esquimaux)
  79. Hunting-song of the Seeonee Pack
  80. Song of the Men's Side
  81. Darzee's Chaunt
  82. The Four Angels
  83. The Prayer
  84. To the Seven Watchmen
  85. The Rowers
  86. The Veterans
  87. June 29, 1911
  88. Ulster
  89. The Covenant
  90. France
  91. 'for All We Have and Are'
  92. A Song in Storm
  93. The Outlaws
  94. Zion
  95. Lord Roberts
  96. The Question
  97. (the American Spirit Speaks)
  98. The Holy War
  99. (a Song of the Dominions)
  100. Russia to the Pacifists
  101. The Irish Guards
  102. A Nativity
  103. En-dor
  104. (to Lyde of the Music Halls)
  105. My Boy Jack
  106. (jutland)
  107. Mesopotamia
  108. The Hyaenas
  109. (before the War)
  110. The Sons of Martha
  111. Mary's Son
  112. The Song of the Lathes
  113. Gethsemane
  114. The Pro-consuls
  115. The Craftsman
  116. (in Memoriam, Joseph Chamberlain)
  117. The Benefactors
  118. A Death-bed
  119. Gehazi
  120. The Virginity
  121. For before Eve was Lilith--Old Tale
  122. Primitive
  123. Pagan
  124. Mediaeval
  125. Material
  126. Progressive
  127. Chorus
  128. Conclusion
  129. A Song at Cock-crow
  130. The Female of the Species
  131. 'equality of Sacrifice'
  132. A Servant
  133. A Son
  134. An Only Son
  135. Ex-clerk
  136. The Wonder
  137. Hindu Sepoy in France
  138. The Coward
  139. Shock
  140. A Grave Near Cairo
  141. (a Grave Near Halfa)
  142. The Favour
  143. The Beginner
  144. The Refined Man
  145. Bombed in London
  146. The Sleepy Sentinel
  147. Batteries Out of Ammunition
  148. Common Form
  149. A Dead Statesman
  150. The Rebel
  151. The Obedient
  152. A Drifter Off Tarentum
  153. Destroyers in Collision
  154. Convoy Escort
  155. Unknown Female Corpse
  156. Raped and Revenged
  157. Salonikan Grave
  158. The Bridegroom
  159. October 1918
  160. To Wolcott Balestier
  161. To T. A.
  162. Danny Deever
  163. Tommy
  164. “Fuzzy-Wuzzy”
  165. Soldier, Soldier
  166. Screw-Guns
  167. Cells
  168. Gunga Din
  169. Oonts
  170. Loot
  171. “Snarleyow”
  172. The Widow at Windsor
  173. Belts
  174. The Young British Soldier
  175. Mandalay
  176. Troopin'
  177. The Widow's Party
  178. Ford o' Kabul River
  179. Gentlemen-Rankers
  180. Route Marchin'
  181. Shillin' a Day
  182. The Ballad of East and West
  183. The Last Suttee
  184. The Ballad of the King's Mercy
  185. The Ballad of the King's Jest
  186. With Scindia to Delhi
  187. The Ballad of Boh Da Thone
  188. The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief
  189. The Rhyme of the Three Captains
  190. The Ballad of the “Clampherdown”
  191. The Ballad of the “Bolivar”
  192. The Sacrifice of Er-Heb
  193. The Explanation
  194. The Gift of the Sea
  195. Evarra and His Gods
  196. The Conundrum of the Workshops
  197. The Legend of Evil
  198. The English Flag
  199. “Cleared”
  200. An Imperial Rescript
  201. Tomlinson
  202. L'Envoi to “Life's Handicap”
  203. L'Envoi (Barrack-Room Ballads)
  204. Dedication (To the City of Bombay)
  205. A Song of the English
  206. A Song of the English: The Coastwise Lights
  207. A Song of the English: The Song of the Dead
  208. A Song of the English: The Deep-Sea Cables
  209. A Song of the English: The Song of the Sons
  210. A Song of the English: The Song of the Cities
  211. A Song of the English: England's Answer
  212. The First Chantey
  213. The Last Chantey
  214. The Merchantmen
  215. M'Andrew's Hymn
  216. The Miracles
  217. The Native-Born
  218. The King
  219. The Rhyme of the Three Sealers
  220. The Derelict
  221. The Answer
  222. The Song of the Banjo
  223. The Liner She's a Lady
  224. Mulholland's Contract
  225. Anchor Song
  226. The Lost Legion
  227. The Sea-Wife
  228. Hymn Before Action
  229. To the True Romance
  230. The Flowers
  231. The Last Rhyme of True Thomas
  232. In the Neolithic Age
  233. The Story of Ung
  234. The Three-Decker
  235. An American
  236. The “Mary Gloster”
  237. Sestina of the Tramp-Royal
  238. Barrack-Room Ballads
  239. “Back to the Army Again”
  240. “Birds of Prey” March
  241. “Soldier an' Sailor Too”
  242. Sappers
  243. That Day
  244. “The Men That Fought at Minden”
  245. Cholera Camp
  246. The Ladies
  247. Bill 'Awkins
  248. The Mother-Lodge
  249. “Follow Me 'Ome”
  250. The Sergeant's Weddin'
  251. The Jacket
  252. The 'Eathen
  253. The Shut-Eye Sentry
  254. “Mary, Pity Women!”
  255. For to Admire
  256. L'Envoi (The Seven Seas)
  257. The Return
  258. The Dead King
  259. A Pilgrim's Way
  260. The City of Brass
  261. The Recall
  262. Puck's Song
  263. The Way Through the Woods
  264. A Three-Part Song
  265. The Run of the Downs
  266. Brookland Road
  267. The Sack of the Gods
  268. The Kingdom
  269. Tarrant Moss
  270. Sir Richard's Song
  271. A Tree Song
  272. Cuckoo Song
  273. A Charm
  274. The Prairie
  275. Plain Tales from the Hills
  276. Cold Iron
  277. A Song of Kabir
  278. A Carol
  279. Eddi's Service
  280. Shiv and the Grasshopper
  281. The Fairies' Siege
  282. A Song to Mithras
  283. The New Knighthood
  284. Baloo
  285. Kaa
  286. Bagheera
  287. The Three
  288. Harp Song of the Dane Women
  289. The Thousandth Man
  290. The Winners
  291. A St. Helena Lullaby
  292. Chil's Song
  293. The Captive
  294. The Puzzler
  295. Hadramauti
  296. The Voortrekker
  297. The Law of the Jungle
  298. The Return of the Children
  299. The Looking-Glass
  300. The Only Son
  301. The King's Task
  302. Prelude
  303. General Summary
  304. Army Headquarters
  305. Study of an Elevation, in Indian Ink
  306. A Legend of the Foreign Office
  307. The Story of Uriah
  308. The Post That Fitted
  309. Public Waste
  310. Delilah
  311. What Happened
  312. Pink Dominoes
  313. The Man Who Could Write
  314. Municipal
  315. A Code of Morals
  316. The Last Department
  317. The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House
  318. As the Bell Clinks
  319. An Old Song
  320. Certain Maxims of Hafiz
  321. The Grave of the Hundred Head
  322. The Moon of Other Days
  323. The Overland Mail
  324. What the People Said
  325. The Undertaker's Horse
  326. The Fall of Jock Gillespie
  327. Arithmetic on the Frontier
  328. The Betrothed
  329. A Tale of Two Cities
  330. Recessional
  331. R. A. F. (Aged Eighteen)
  332. Native Water-Carrier (M. E. F.)
  333. V. A. D. (Mediterranean)
  334. My Rival
  335. To the Unknown Goddess
  336. The Rupaiyat of Omar Kal'vin
  337. Pagett, M.P.
  338. La Nuit Blanche
  339. The Lovers' Litany
  340. A Ballad of Burial
  341. Divided Destinies
  342. The Masque of Plenty
  343. The Mare's Nest
  344. Possibilities
  345. The Song of the Women
  346. A Ballade of Jakko Hill
  347. The Plea of the Simla Dancers
  348. Christmas in India
  349. One Viceroy Resigns
  350. The Galley-Slave
  351. In Springtime
  352. Giffen's Debt
  353. Two Months
  354. L'Envoi
  355. The Fires
  356. Song of the Wise Children
  357. Buddha at Kamakura
  358. The Greek National Anthem
  359. The Broken Men
  360. The Explorer
  361. The Sea and the Hills
  362. Cruisers
  363. The Destroyers
  364. White Horses
  365. The Song of Diego Valdez
  366. The Second Voyage
  367. The Exiles' Line
  368. In the Matter of One Compass
  369. The Gipsy Trail
  370. Our Lady of the Snows
  371. The Young Queen
  372. Pharaoh and the Sergeant
  373. The Last of the Light Brigade
  374. Kitchener's School
  375. Bridge-Guard in the Karroo
  376. South Africa
  377. The Burial
  378. The Settler
  379. Sussex
  380. Dirge of Dead Sisters
  381. The Vampire
  382. The Ballad of the Red Earl
  383. General Joubert
  384. The Dove of Dacca
  385. The Feet of the Young Men
  386. A Boy Scouts' Patrol Song
  387. The Truce of the Bear
  388. The Peace of Dives
  389. A Song of the White Men
  390. Et Dona Ferentes
  391. Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm
  392. The Bell Buoy
  393. The Old Issue
  394. The Lesson
  395. The Islanders
  396. The Dykes
  397. The Wage-Slaves
  398. Rimmon
  399. The Reformers
  400. The Old Men
  401. The White Man's Burden
  402. The Files
  403. Pan in Vermont
  404. Verses on Games
  405. The Palace
  406. Bobs
  407. The Service Man
  408. The Absent-Minded Beggar
  409. Chant-Pagan
  410. Columns
  411. The Parting of the Columns
  412. Two Kopjes
  413. The Instructor
  414. Boots
  415. The Married Man
  416. Lichtenberg
  417. Stellenbosh
  418. Half-Ballad of Waterval
  419. Piet
  420. Wilful-Missing
  421. Ubique
  422. Cities and Thrones and Powers
  423. The Floods
  424. Jobson's Amen
  425. The Legend of Mirth
  426. The Children
  427. The Press
  428. The Fabulists
  429. Macdonough's Song
  430. Put forth to watch, unschooled, alone
  431. Farewell and adieu to you, Harwich Ladies
  432. Rebirth
  433. A Translation
  434. The Song of Seven Cities
  435. The Land
  436. Helen All Alone
  437. The Comforters
  438. Mine Sweepers
  439. The Trade
  440. The Lowestoft Boat
  441. The North Sea Patrol
  442. The Beginnings
  443. The River's Tale
  444. The Roman Centurion's Song
  445. The Pirates in England
  446. Danegeld
  447. The Anvil
  448. Norman and Saxon
  449. The Reeds of Runnymede
  450. My Father's Chair
  451. The Dawn Wind
  452. The King's Job
  453. With Drake in the Tropics
  454. Together
  455. James I
  456. Edgehill Fight
  457. The Dutch in the Medway
  458. Brown Bess
  459. The American Rebellion: Before
  460. The American Rebellion: After
  461. The French Wars
  462. Big Steamers
  463. The Secret of the Machines
  464. The Bells and Queen Victoria
  465. The Glory of the Garden
  466. Great-Heart
  467. The Jam-Pot
  468. Commonplaces

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