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
funny death suicide
I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
nine single sixty tribal ways
There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, / And - every - single - one - of- them - is - right!
abstain improving manners marriage pleasant terrible wise
Pleasant the snaffle of Courtship, improving the manners and carriage, But the colt who is wise will abstain from the terrible thorn-bit of marriage
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Like many other unfortunate young people, Harvey had never in all his life received a direct order - never, at least, without long, and sometimes tearful, explanations of the advantages of obedience and the reasons for the request.
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It is at Bombay that the smell of All Asia boards the ship miles off shore, and holds the passenger's nose till he is clear of Asia again
hat pass pay
Pass the hat for your credit's sake, and pay- pay - pay!
breeds gentiles lesser
Such boastings as the Gentiles use, / Or lesser breeds without the Law.
arises devils heart knows love measures move season
Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures and balances? Which is his season For laughter, forbearance or bloodshed, and what devils move him When he arises to smite us? I do not love him
oriental toil worth
You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil
english language
You just don't know how to use the English language.
children men neither nor
Who are neither children nor gods, but men in a world of men!
blow cut god left plains rifle roll soldier women wounded
When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains, And go to your God like a soldier
empire imperial
We have had an Imperial lesson; it may make us an Empire yet!
black hump
We get the Hump - / Cameelious Hump - / The Hump that is black and blue!