RUDYARD KIPLING, "The Ladies", Collected Verse
We had a kettle; we let it leak:
Our not repairing made it worse.
We haven't had any tea for a week...
The bottom is out of the Universe.
RUDYARD KIPLING, The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling
Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew
(Twenty bridges or twenty-two)
Wanted to know what the River knew,
For they were young, and the Thames was old
And this is the tale that River told ...
RUDYARD KIPLING, "The River's Tale", Writings in Prose and Verse
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
RUDYARD KIPLING, "The Law of the Jungle", The Second Jungle Book
I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.
RUDYARD KIPLING, Under the Deodars
Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.
RUDYARD KIPLING, "The Glory of the Garden", Rudyard Kipling's Verse
And some can pot begonias and some can bud a rose,
And some are hardly fit to trust with anything that grows;
But they can roll and trim the lawns and sift the sand and loam,
For the Glory of the Garden occupieth all who come.
RUDYARD KIPLING, "The Glory of the Garden", Rudyard Kipling's Verse
Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees
That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees,
So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray
For the Glory of the Garden that it may not pass away!
RUDYARD KIPLING, "The Glory of the Garden", Rudyard Kipling's Verse
