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