The Five Nations

by Rudyard Kipling

Overview

The Five Nations by Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling 30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888).His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If-" (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781721269396
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/23/2018
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His fiction works include The Jungle Book — a classic of children’s literature — and the rousing adventure novel Kim, as well as books of poems, short stories, and essays. In 1907, at the age of 42, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Table of Contents

	Dedication: Before a midnight breaks in storm	v
	The Sea and the Hills: Who hath desired the Sea?--the sight of salt water unbounded	1
	The Bell Buoy: They christened my brother of old	4
	Cruisers: As our mother the Frigate, bepainted and fine	8
	The Destroyers: The strength of twice three thousand horse	11
	White Horses: Where run your colts at pasture?	15
	The Second Voyage: We've sent our little Cupids all ashore	20
	The Dykes: We have no heart for the fishing, we have no hand for the oar	23
	The Song of Diego Valdez: The God of Fair Beginnings	28
	The Broken Men: For things we never mention	34
	The Feet of the Young Men: Now the Four-way Lodge is opened, now the Hunting Winds are loose	38
	The Truce of the Bear: Yearly, with tent and rifle, our careless white men go	44
	The Old Men: This is our lot if we live so long and labour unto the end	49
	The Explorer: "There's no sense in going further--it's the edge of cultivation"	52
	The Wage-Slaves: Oh glorious are the guarded heights	60
	The Burial: When that great Kings return to clay	63
	General Joubert: With those that bred, with those that loosed the strife	65
	The Palace: When I was a King and a Mason--a Master proven and skilled	66
	Sussex: God gave all men all earth to love	69
	Song of the Wise Children: When the darkened Fifties dip to the North	74
	Buddha at Kamakura: Oh ye who tread the Narrow Way	76
	The White Man's Burden: Take up the White Man's burden	79
	Pharaoh and the Sergeant: Said England unto Pharaoh, "I must make a man of you	82
	Our Lady of the Snows: A Nation spoke to a Nation	87
	"Et Dona Ferentes": In extended observation of the ways and works of man	90
	Kitchener's School: Oh Hubshee, carry your shoes in your hand and bow your head on your breast	95
	The Young Queen: Her hand was still on her sword-hilt, the spur was still on her heel	100
	Rimmon: Duly with knees that feign to quake	104
	The Old Issue: "Here is nothing new nor aught unproven," say the Trumpets	107
	Bridge-Guard in the Karroo: Sudden the desert changes	113
	The Lesson: Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should	117
	The Files: Files	121
	The Reformers: Not in the camp his victory lies	126
	Dirge of Dead Sisters: Who recalls the twilight and the ranged tents in order	129
	The Islanders: No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King's	133
	The Peace of Dives: The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay	141
	South Africa: Lived a woman wonderful	149
	The Settler: Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run	153
	Service Songs
	Chant-Pagan: Me that 'ave been what I ve been	159
	M. I.: I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm	163
	Columns: Out o' the wilderness, dusty an' dry	170
	The Parting of the Columns: We've rode and fought and ate and drunk as rations come to hand	175
	Two Kopjes: Only two African kopjes	179
	The Instructor: At times when under cover I 'ave said	183
	Boots: We're foot--slog--slog--slog--slog-gin' over Africa	185
	The Married Man: The bachelor 'e fights for one	188
	Lichtenberg: Smells are surer than sounds or sights	191
	Stellenbosh: The General 'eard the firin' on the flank	194
	Half-Ballad of Waterval: When by the labour of my 'ands	197
	Piet: I do not love my Empire's foes	199
	"Wilful-Missing": There is a world outside the one you know	204
	Ubique: There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may	206
	The Return: Peace is declared, an' I return	210
	Recessional: God of our fathers, known of old	214