Rudyard Kipling Poems

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English poet and storyteller born in India, whose ballads of soldiers and empire made him one of the most widely read writers of his time. His best-known poems include “If—,” “Gunga Din,” “Mandalay,” “Recessional,” and “The Ballad of East and West,” and in 1907 he became the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Read a fuller life sketch on our About Rudyard Kipling page. This Poetry Catalog archive gathers 262 poems by Kipling now live on the site—listed alphabetically below, with links to each full text. The texts follow public domain editions of his poems published before 1929, and new poems are added to this list as they are published.

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Rudyard Kipling Poems

• The 'Eathen
• An American
• Anchor Song
• Angutivaun Taina
• Arithmetic on the Frontier
• Army Headquarters
• As the Bell Clinks
• An Astrologer's Song
• Back to the Army Again
• The Ballad of Boh Da Thone
• The Ballad of East and West
• The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House
• The Ballad of Minepit Shaw
• The Ballad of the "Bolivar"
• The Ballad of the Clampherdown
• The Ballad of the King's Jest
• The Ballad of the King's Mercy
• The Bee Boy's Song
• The Bees and the Flies
• The Bell Buoy
• Belts
• The Betrothed
• Bill 'Awkins
• "Birds of Prey" March
• Blue Roses
• Bobs
• Boots
• Bridge-Guard in the Karroo
• A British-Roman Song
• The Broken Men
• Brookland Road
• Buddha at Kamakura
• The Burial
• Butterflies
• By the Hoof of the Wild Goat
• The Captive
• A Carol
• Cells
• Certain Maxims of Hafiz
• Chant-Pagan
• A Charm
• Chil's Song
• The Children's Song
• Cholera Camp
• Cities and Thrones and Powers
• The City of Sleep
• Cleared
• A Code of Morals
• Cold Iron
• Columns
• Cruisers
• Cuckoo Song
• Danny Deever
• Darzee's Chaunt
• Delilah
• The Derelict
• The Destroyers
• Dirge of Dead Sisters
• The Dykes
• Eddi's Service
• The Egg-Shell
• The English Flag
• Et Dona Ferentes
• The Explorer
• The Fairies' Siege
• The Fall of Jock Gillespie
• The Feet of the Young Men
• The Files
• The First Chantey
• The Flowers
• Follow Me 'Ome
• For to Admire
• Ford o' Kabul River
• The Four Angels
• Frankie's Trade
• Fuzzy-Wuzzy
• Gallio's Song
• General Joubert
• Gentlemen-Rankers
• The Gods of the Copybook Headings
• Gow's Watch
• The Grave of the Hundred Head
• Gunga Din
• Hadramauti
• Half-Ballad of Waterval
• Harp Song of the Dane Women
• Heriot's Ford
• The Heritage
• Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
• Hymn Before Action
• If—
• An Imperial Rescript
• The Instructor
• The Islanders
• The Jacket
• The Jester
• Jubal and Tubal Cain
• The Juggler's Song
• The King
• King Henry VII. and the Shipwrights
• The King's Task
• The Kingdom
• Kitchener's School
• The Ladies
• The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief
• The Last Chantey
• The Last Department
• The Last Rhyme of True Thomas
• The Last Suttee
• The Law of the Jungle
• A Legend
• The Lesson
• Lichtenberg
• The Liner She's a Lady
• The Looking-Glass
• Loot
• The Love Song of Har Dyal
• Lukannon
• M. I.
• The Man Who Could Write
• Mandalay
• The Married Man
• The Mary Gloster
• Mary, Pity Women!
• McAndrew's Hymn
• The Men That Fought at Minden
• The Merchantmen
• Merrow Down
• The Miracles
• The Moon of Other Days
• Morning Song in the Jungle
• Mother o' Mine
• The Mother-Lodge
• Mowgli's Song Against People
• Mulholland's Contract
• Municipal
• My Lady's Law
• My New-Cut Ashlar
• The Native-Born
• The Necessitarian
• The New Knighthood
• The Nursing Sister
• The Old Issue
• The Old Men
• Old Mother Laidinwool
• An Old Song
• The Only Son
• Oonts
• Our Fathers Also
• Our Fathers of Old
• Our Lady of the Snows
• Outsong in the Jungle
• The Overland Mail
• The Palace
• Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals
• The Parting of the Columns
• The Peace of Dives
• Pharaoh and the Sergeant
• A Pict Song
• Piet
• Pink Dominoes
• Poor Honest Men
• Poseidon's Law
• The Post That Fitted
• The Power of the Dog
• The Prairie
• The Prayer
• The Prayer of Miriam Cohen
• The Prodigal Son
• Prophets at Home
• Public Waste
• Puck's Song
• The Puzzler
• The Queen's Men
• The Rabbi's Song
• The Recall
• Recessional
• The Reformers
• The Return
• The Return of the Children
• The Rhyme of the Three Captains
• The Rhyme of the Three Sealers
• Rimini
• Rimmon
• A Ripple Song
• Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
• Romulus and Remus
• Route Marchin'
• The Run of the Downs
• The Sack of the Gods
• Sappers
• A School Song
• Screw-Guns
• The Sea and the Hills
• The Sea-Wife
• The Second Voyage
• The Sergeant's Weddin'
• A Servant When He Reigneth
• Sestina of the Tramp-Royal
• The Settler
• Shillin' a Day
• Shiv and the Grasshopper
• The Shut-Eye Sentry
• Sir Richard's Song
• A Smuggler's Song
• Snarleyow
• Soldier an' Sailor Too
• Soldier, Soldier
• The Song of Diego Valdez
• A Song of Kabir
• The Song of the Banjo
• A Song of the English
• Song of the Fifth River
• The Song of the Little Hunter
• Song of the Men's Side
• Song of the Red War-Boat
• Song of the Wise Children
• A Song of Travel
• A Song to Mithras
• South Africa
• A St. Helena Lullaby
• Stellenbosh
• The Story of Ung
• The Story of Uriah
• The Stranger
• Study of an Elevation, in Indian Ink
• Sussex
• A Tale of Two Cities
• Tarrant Moss
• That Day
• Thorkild's Song
• The Thousandth Man
• The Three-Decker
• A Three-Part Song
• To the True Romance
• Tomlinson
• Tommy
• A Tree Song
• Troopin'
• The Truce of the Bear
• A Truthful Song
• Two Kopjes
• The Two-Sided Man
• Ubique
• The Undertaker's Horse
• The Voortrekker
• The Wage-Slaves
• The Way Through the Woods
• The Wet Litany
• What Happened
• What the People Said
• When the Great Ark
• White Horses
• The White Man's Burden
• The Widow at Windsor
• The Widow's Party
• The Widower
• Wilful-Missing
• The Winners
• The Wishing Caps
• The Young British Soldier
• The Young Queen