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the song of the dead
Hear now the Song of the Dead -- in the North by the torn berg-edges --
They that look still to...[read poem]
They that look still to...
the young british soldier
When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East
'E acts like a babe an' 'e drinks like a beast...[read poem]
'E acts like a babe an' 'e drinks like a beast...
thunder at night
Drop, drop, splash, splash,
A vivid flash
That rends the dark asunder;
Jus...[read poem]
A vivid flash
That rends the dark asunder;
Jus...
if i should die
If I should die to-night
And you should come to my cold corpse and say,
Weeping an...[read poem]
And you should come to my cold corpse and say,
Weeping an...
outsong in the jungle
[Baloo:] For the sake of him who showed
One wise Frog the Jungle-Road,
Keep the Law the Ma...[read poem]
One wise Frog the Jungle-Road,
Keep the Law the Ma...
the flowers
To our private taste, there is always something a little exotic,
almost artificial, in songs wh...[read poem]
almost artificial, in songs wh...
if
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If y...[read poem]
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If y...
the buddha at kamakura
"And there is a Japanese idol at Kamakura"
O ye who tread the Narrow Way
By Tophet-f...[read poem]
O ye who tread the Narrow Way
By Tophet-f...
the song of the little hunter
Ere Mor the Peacock flutters, ere the Monkey People cry,
Ere Chil the Kite swoops down a furlon...[read poem]
Ere Chil the Kite swoops down a furlon...
night-song in the jungle
Now Chil the Kite brings home the night
That Mang the Bat sets free.
The herds are shu...[read poem]
That Mang the Bat sets free.
The herds are shu...
the centipede
I've often watched you, centipede,
And I can't think however
You manage those long rows of...[read poem]
And I can't think however
You manage those long rows of...
the sergeant's weddin'
'E was warned agin' 'er --
That's what made 'im look;
She was warned agin' 'im --
T...[read poem]
That's what made 'im look;
She was warned agin' 'im --
T...
hope
Wolf has turned to house-dog,
Tiger-cat tom kitty,
Timid horse to charger,
Or drayhor...[read poem]
Tiger-cat tom kitty,
Timid horse to charger,
Or drayhor...
the conundrum of the workshops
When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
Our father Adam sat under...[read poem]
Our father Adam sat under...
the way through the woods
They shut the road through the woods
Seventy years ago.
Weather and rain have undone it ag...[read poem]
Seventy years ago.
Weather and rain have undone it ag...
recessional
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful h...[read poem]
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful h...
the last of the light brigade
There were thirty million English who talked of England's might,
There were twenty broken troop...[read poem]
There were twenty broken troop...
tommy
I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-...[read poem]
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-...
the sea and the hills
Who hath desired the Sea? -- the sight of salt water unbounded --
The heave and the halt and th...[read poem]
The heave and the halt and th...
the ballad of east and west
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand pr...[read poem]
Till Earth and Sky stand pr...
the woodlouse
The woodlouse looks as if he were
A mediæval knight,
Who's found it wiser not to...[read poem]
A mediæval knight,
Who's found it wiser not to...
gunga din
You may talk o' gin and beer
When you're quartered safe out 'ere,
An' you're sent to penny...[read poem]
When you're quartered safe out 'ere,
An' you're sent to penny...
a pict song
Rome never looks where she treads.
Always her heavy hooves fall
On our stomachs, our hea...[read poem]
Always her heavy hooves fall
On our stomachs, our hea...
the old issue
"Here is nothing new nor aught unproven," say the Trumpets,
"Many feet have worn it and the...[read poem]
"Many feet have worn it and the...
to a kaffir baby
Kaffir baby, Kaffir baby,
Going to the kraal,
Are you really comfortable
Hang...[read poem]
Going to the kraal,
Are you really comfortable
Hang...
harp song of the dane women
What is a woman that you forsake her,
And the hearth-fire and the home-acre,
To go with th...[read poem]
And the hearth-fire and the home-acre,
To go with th...
the palace
When I was a King and a Mason -- a Master proven and skilled --
I cleared me ground for a Palac...[read poem]
I cleared me ground for a Palac...
the plea of the simla dancers
Too late, alas! the song
To remedy the wrong; --
The rooms are taken from us, swept an...[read poem]
To remedy the wrong; --
The rooms are taken from us, swept an...
the anvil
England's on the anvil -- hear the hammers ring --
Clanging from the Severn to the Tyne!
N...[read poem]
Clanging from the Severn to the Tyne!
N...
the explorer
"There's no sense in going further -- it's the edge of cultivation,"
So they said, and I bel...[read poem]
So they said, and I bel...
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