Lesson 7 SH 7-1Poems of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an enormously popular English writer and No el laureate who wrote during the period o! "high imperialism# in $reat %ritain& 'sing the dis(ussion )uestions as a guide* read and ta+e notes on the two poems elow and then answer the )uestions that !ollow& A Song of the English (1896) ,air is our lot-. goodly is our heritage/ (0um le ye* my people* and e !ear!ul in your mirth/) ,or the 1ord our $od 2ost 0igh 0e hath made the deep as dry* 0e hath smote !or us a pathway to the ends o! all the Earth/ 3ea* though we sinned-and our rulers went !rom righteousness4eep in all dishonor though we stained our garments5 hem& .h e ye not dismayed* 6hough we stum led and we strayed* 7e were led y e8il (ounselors-the 1ord shall deal with them/ 0old ye the ,aith-the ,aith our ,athers sealed us9 7horing not with 8isions-o8erwise and o8erstale& E:(ept ye pay the 1ord ;ingle heart and single sword* .! your (hildren in their ondage shall 0e as+ them tre le-tale/ Keep ye the 1aw- e swi!t in all o edien(e <lear the land o! e8il* dri8e the road and ridge the !ord& 2a+e ye sure to ea(h his own 6hat he reap where he hath sown9 %y the pea(e among .ur peoples let men +now we ser8e the 1ord/ 0ear now a song-a song o! ro+en interludes= song o! little (unning9 o! a singer nothing worth& 6hrough the na+ed words and mean 2ay ye see the truth etween

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7orld 0istory !or 's =ll The White Mans Burden (1899) 6a+e up the 7hite man5s urden;end !orth the est ye reed$o ind your sons to e:ile 6o ser8e your (apti8es5 need9 6o wait in hea8y harness .n !luttered !ol+ and wild3our new-(aught* sullen peoples* 0al! de8il and hal! (hild& 6a+e up the 7hite 2an5s urdenDn patien(e to a ide* 6o 8eil the threat o! terror =nd (he(+ the show o! pride9 %y open spee(h and simple* =n hundred times mad plain& 6o see+ another5s pro!it* =nd wor+ another5s gain& 6a+e up the 7hite 2an5s urden6he sa8age wars o! pea(e,ill !ull the mouth o! ,amine =nd id the si(+ness (ease9 =nd when your goal is nearest 6he end !or others sought* 7at(h ;loth and heathen ,olly %ring all your hope to naught& 6a+e up the 7hite 2an5s urdenNo tawdry rule o! +ings* %ut toil o! ser! and sweeper6he tale o! (ommon things& 6he ports ye shall not enter* 6he roads ye shall not tread* $o ma+e them with your li8ing* =nd mar+ them with your dead/

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7orld 0istory !or 's =ll 6a+e up the 7hite man5s urden=nd reap his old reward> 6he lame o! those ye etter* 6he hate o! those ye guard6he (ry o! hosts ye humor (=h* slowly/) toward the light> "7hy rought ye us !rom ondage* ".ur lo8ed Egyptian nightE# 6a+e up the 7hite 2an5s urden3e dare not stoop to lessNor (all too loud on !reedom 6o (loa+ your weariness9 %y all ye (ry or whisper* %y all ye lea8e or do* 6he silent* sullen peoples ;hall weigh your $ods and you& 6a+e up the 7hite 2an5s urden0a8e done with (hildish days6he lightly pro!!ered laurel* 6he easy* ungrudged praise& <omes now* to sear(h your manhood 6hrough all the than+less years* <old-edged with dear- ought wisdom* 6he Fudgment o! your peers/
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is!ussion "uestions 7hat e8iden(e o! religious in!luen(e do you see in Kipling5s poemsE 7hat does this add to or (hange a out your 8iews a out religion at the time that Kipling pu lished these poemsE 7hat do these poems tell you a out the relationship etween nationalism* imperialism* and religionE ;ome s(holars ha8e argued that "6he 7hite 2an5s %urden# is an ironi( poem* that is* that it really is intended to disparage %ritish imperialism& 7hat do you thin+ o! this theoryE

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