Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 December 1865
CityMumbai, India
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Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made By singing - 'Oh how beautiful!' and sitting in the shade, While better men than we go out and start their working lives At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner knives
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Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away!
lying eye garden
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
gardening done half
Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees.
weed men garden
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made By singing 'Oh how wonderful' and sitting in the shade, While better men than we go out, and start their working lives By grubbing weeds from garden paths with broken dinner knives.
gratitude cheer garden
And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to harden, You will find yourself a partner in the Glory of the Garden.
beautiful garden sight
Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.
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Stiff-necked Glasgow beggar! I've heard he's prayed for my soul, / But he couldn't lie if you paid him, and he'd starve before he stole.
learn yellow
There's times when you'll think that you mightn't, / There's times when you know that you might; / But the things you will learn from the Yellow and Brown, / They'll 'elp you a lot with the White!
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I keep six honest serving men: They taught me all I knew: Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who
honest learning names serving six taught
I had six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who.
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It was not preached to the crowd, / It was not taught by the State. / No man spoke it aloud, / When the English began to hate.
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Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears
compliments hope praise proper reaching sister
Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears.