If by Ruyard Kipling | …via Aleem Bawany…
I found this poem on Aleem’s blog. Sorry if this all sounds corny, but I truly found the poem If to be both inspirational and timeless - even though it was written in 1895, every bit of it stands up, even in our current day and time, modern and different as they may be.
Many people have likewise quoted and republished If on the internet, so in order to avoid duplication, I will only quote an excerpt, the first verse:
“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;”
…read the rest and be inspired to accomplish great deeds…
Please note: Wikisource states the following with regard to copyright and intellectual property rights associated with If:
“This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. It may be copyrighted outside the U.S. (see Help:Public domain)”
Rudyard Kipling from Kipling Society
Rudyard Kipling is, of course, an icon of English Literature and authored a number of well-known works during his lifetime, many which I have personally read and enjoyed, both as a child and as an adult…
“Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in Bombay, India, and best known for his works The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902), and Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906); his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), “If—” (1910) and “Ulster 1912″ (1912); and his many short stories, including “The Man Who Would Be King” (1888) and the collections Life’s Handicap (1891), The Day’s Work (1898), and Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)…” (…read the rest…)
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