thoughts for the day...Kipling

[AaronE]

From "The Gods of the Copybook Headings".

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.

They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.

But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe, :banghead:

And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: 'STICK TO THE DEVIL YOU KNOW.

 

[ACP230]

One of the deficiencies of our educational system today is that no-one reads Kipling in school.

My kids did, but they were homeschooled.

 

[cambeul41]

Thank you for reminding me

My father never read story books to me, only poetry: Kipling, Burns, Service, Riley, and others.

I have often wondered if our use of “goblins” ultimately came from James Whitcomb Riley’s poem “Little Orphan Annie” (… and the goblins will get ya if ya don't watch out!!”)

I think my favorite was "The Ballad of East and West."

 

[Oleg Volk]

Just read "The Ballad of East and West" last week...nicely written.

 

[John G]

Barrack-Room Ballads is on my permanent reading list. "Gunga Din," "The Young British Soldier," "Tommy Atkins." They never get old.

 

[American By Blood]

One of the deficiencies of our educational system today is that no-one reads Kipling in school.

The ideological powers-that-be have declared Kipling off-limits due to his politics. It's a shame, though. "A Song to Mithras" and "The Stranger" are among my favorites.