URING the last two or three years, we have often heard the lament that the Victorian era of poetry was closed; that with the death of Tennyson the last great voice had fallen silent; that only the ...

Rudyard Kipling’s iconic poem If— offers timeless wisdom on how to remain composed in the face of chaos. The opening lines underline the quiet strength found in staying calm when others panic or place ...

Behind the tamerisks The poem first appeared in the Pioneer in 1886, in a column called “Latter-Day Carols.” Kipling, who then worked as an assistant editor for the Civil and Military Gazette in ...