Rudyard Kipling School Poems

1.
A School Song
★ ★
★ ★
★ ★
★ ★
★ ★

Prelude to "Stalky & Co."


"Let us now praise famous men"--
...

2.
Kitchener's School
★ ★
★ ★
★ ★
★ ★
★ ★

Being a translation of the song that was made by a Mohammedan schoolmaster of Bengal Infantry (some time on service at Suakim) when he heard that Kitchener was taking money from the English to build a Madrissa for Hubshees -- or a college for the Sudanese.


Oh Hubshee, carry your shoes in your hand and bow your head on your breast!
...

Close
Error Success