Poetry
Great Poems
Take Up the White Man’s Burden
Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem to America as they began to collect foreign territories and start an empire. He warns of the peril that faces nations embarking on empire building. The pitfalls and unwanted consequences of such an endeavor are sarcastically described in this poem.
Scots What Hae
Classic poem by Robert Burns summarizing the historic speech of Robert the Bruce before the decisive battle of Bannockburn.
The gods of the Copybook Headings
Rudyard Kipling’s view of the Bible verses and sayings written at the top of English schoolchildren’s copybooks.
