 Take up the White Man's burden — Send forth the best ye breed — Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild — Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. Take up the...  Imperialism and World Politics - Page 73by Parker Thomas Moon - 1926 - 583 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 766 pages
...twang from its strings a lay of duty. " Take up," he would sing— Take up the White Man's burden, Send forth the best ye breed, Go, bind your sons to exile,...captives' need ; To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. music which, perhaps,... | |
 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1893 - 1194 pages
...do, The silent, sullen peoples Shall weigh your God and you. " Take up the white man's burden, Send forth the best ye breed, Go bind your sons to exile...captives' need ; To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild — Your new caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child." How comes it that the... | |
 | Self-culture - 1900 - 728 pages
...poem its apparent meaning is all in the first four lines : • Take up the white man's burden Send forth the best ye breed — Go bind your sons to exile, To serve your captives' need.* The entire poem is an elaboration of this one idea. The white nations are to go out with the force... | |
 | Murat Halstead - Cuba - 1899 - 688 pages
...Indies. In fact, he is a citizen of the world, and has been all over it, and knows whereof he speaks: " 'Take up the White Man's burdenSend forth the best...captives' need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild — Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child.' "I will pause here. I... | |
 | David James Burrell - Bible - 1899 - 364 pages
...is laid upon us. The poet's adjuration sounds like an echo of the Great Commission of our Lord : " Take up the White Man's burdenSend forth the best...captives' need ; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild — Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. Take up the White Man's... | |
 | Herbert O. Hicks, Fred A. Simmons - Adams (Mass.) - 1899 - 154 pages
...Inscribed shall be the record, bold and sure, Of deeds illustrious. Take up the white man's burden, Send forth the best ye breed — Go, bind your sons to...captives' need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folks and wild — Your new caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. — Kipling. This book... | |
 | William Jennings Bryan - Imperialism - 1899 - 841 pages
...Indies. In fact, he is a citizen of the world, and has been all over it, and knows whereof he speaks. "Take up the White Man's burdenSend forth the best...breed — Go, bind your sons to exile, To serve your captive's need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught sullen peoples,... | |
 | American literature - 1899 - 556 pages
...which is printed in the February number of Mcdlure'a Magazine: Take up the White Man's burden. Send forth the best ye breed. Go, bind your sons to exile, To serve your captives' need; To wait, in heiivy harness, On fluttered folk and wild, Your new-caught, sullen peoples. Half devil and half child.... | |
 | Science - 1899 - 730 pages
...Frederic R. Honey. THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN. Take up the White Man's burdenSend forth the best ye breedCo, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need ; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. Take up the White Man's... | |
 | Robert Buchanan, Walter Besant - Anarchism - 1900 - 76 pages
...says his latest critic—is he who could write the following? Take up the White Man's Burden— ' Send forth the best ye breed— Go, bind your sons to exile...captives' need : To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. Take up the White Man's... | |
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