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
east meet shall twain west
East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet
Every one wanted to say so much that no one said anything in particular.
dies england freedom stands
What stands if Freedom fall? / Who dies if England live?
fair leaders leaders-and-leadership lie meets neither pack prevail shall till words
When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle, And neither will go from the trail, Lie down till the leaders have spoken, It may be fair words shall prevail
land men might sing took
When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, / He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; / An' what he thought 'e might require, / 'E went an' took - the same as me!
eagle man triple ways
There be triple ways to take, of the eagle or the snake, / Or the way of a man with a maid.
jungle law true
Now this is the Law of the Jungle - as old and as true as the sky.
full smells
The place was packed as full of smells as a bale is of cotton.
concern impressed life politics
Politics are not my concern . . . They impressed me as a dog's life without a dog's decencies.
china dawn outer road thunder
On the road to Mandalay, / Where the flyin'-fishes play, / An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!
quite
She was as immutable as the hills. But not quite so green.
salt
Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Steamers, / With England's own coal, up and down the salt seas?
above acceptable doubt people presence speaks throne
No doubt but ye are the People - your throne is above the King's. / Whoso speaks in your presence must say acceptable things.
fears liars worst
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears