English Poetry. Rudyard Kipling. «Brazilian Verses». 1927. 3. Song of the Dynamo. Редьярд Киплинг.

Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг)

«Brazilian Verses». 1927. 3. Song of the Dynamo

How do I know what Order brings
Me into being?
I only know, if you do certain things,
I must become your Hearing and your Seeing; 
Also your Strength, to make great wheels go round, 
And save your sons from toil, while I am bound! 

What do I care how you dispose
The Powers that move me?
I only know that I am one with those
True Powers which rend the firmament above me, 
And, harrying earth, would save me at the last-
But that your coward foresight holds me fast!

Rudyard Kipling’s other poems:

1. Последние из Лёгкой бригады • The Last of the Light Brigade
2. Стихи о спортивных играх для «Альманаха двенадцати видов спорта» У. Ни-кольсона, 1898 г. • Verses on Games. To “An Almanack of Twelve Sports” by W. Nicholson, 1898
3. «Debits and Credits». (1919-1926). 11. Alnaschar and the Oxen
4. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 10. Akbar’s Bridge
5. «Limits and Renewals». 1932. 19. Azrael’s Count

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