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Complete Verse
Witty, profound, wildly funny, acerbic and occasionally savage, Rudyard Kipling's poems continue to delight readers of all ages. Included are both the familiar favorites and Kipling's lesser-known works. This is the only complete collection of Kipling's poems available in paperback.
Paperback, 864 pages
Published
December 27th 1988
by Anchor
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"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier."
Wow. The pathos.
Re-reading Kipling again. The older I get them more dark and critical his poetry sounds.
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier."
Wow. The pathos.
Re-reading Kipling again. The older I get them more dark and critical his poetry sounds.
When I was 10-years-old, all I wanted for my birthday was a full collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling. My grandmother gave it to me, and I have it still and continue to be enchanged by the music of the verses.
I haven't read the whole think, but Kipling's poetry is AMAZING, especially his war poems.
Some really good stuff in here. The Palace and Ballad of East and West are two of my favorites.
"If" is one of my favorite poems.
Magnificient poet, very underrated, genius, witty, humorous and fascinating. Now outdated and politicially incorrect, but he had a fine mind and a lot of talent.
I first heard his famed "If" read by a gentleman via BBC from my SW radio one evening some 20 years ago. So I read some of his understandable poems since I admire his ways of putting in good rhymes.
The poem, "If" is on pages 472-3 in this book.
The poem, "If" is on pages 472-3 in this book.
economical comprehensive collection of all of Kippling's poems.
the poetry itself is great and extremely clever. the over-all presentation of the book is a bit dry.
the poetry itself is great and extremely clever. the over-all presentation of the book is a bit dry.
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Jeff
Kipling is one of my favorite poets. I read the poems to my boys some times, they are quite taken with the idea boots-boots-boots slogging over Africa.
A master of the English language who has served it well.
Jason
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the poem "if" is a favorite
I love his poem 'IF'.
i cannot say enough about kipling....
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