Five Nations Vol II
The second volume of Kipling's celebrated poetry collection captures the British Empire at its zenith: its marching soldiers, its far-flung colonies, its fierce certainties. These are poems that march with regiments and dream of dominion, verse crafted by a man who believed absolutely in the civilizing mission of empire. Kipling's rhythms are irresistible, his images indelible, his language a music hall of brass and marching boots. Here you'll find the service poems that thrilled Edwardian audiences and the poems of the Five Nations, whether those refer to Britain's self-governing colonies or something more symbolic. Read these poems as literature, not endorsement: they document a vanished certainty about the world, a confidence in empire's purpose that now reads as both horrifying and oddly poignant. Kipling gives you the empire's voice, unapologetic and grand, and asks you to hear it.
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