The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are!
‘When Earth’s Last Picture is Painted’ (1896)
When ‘Omer smote ’is bloomin’ lyre,
He’d ’eard men sing by land an’ sea;
An’ what he thought ’e might require,
‘E went an’ took—the same as me!
‘When ‘Omer smote ’is bloomin’ lyre’ (1896)
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 White Man’s Burden’ (1899)
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains
And the women come out to cut up what remains
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.
‘The Young British Soldier’ (1892)
Lalun is a member of the most ancient profession in the world.
‘In Black and White’ (1888) ‘On the City Wall’
What the horses o’ Kansas think to-day, the horses of America will think tomorrow; an’ I tell
you that when the horses of America rise in their might, the day o’ the Oppressor is ended.
‘The Day’s Work’ (1898) ‘A Walking Delegate’
‘We be one blood, thou and I’, Mowgli answered. ‘I take my life from thee to-night. My kill
shall be thy kill if ever thou art hungry, O Kaa.’
‘The Jungle Book’ (1894) ‘Kaa’s Hunting’
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!
‘The Jungle Book’ (1894) ‘Road Song of the Bandar-Log’
Yes, weekly from Southampton,
Great steamers, white and gold,
Go rolling down to Rio
(Roll down—roll down to Rio!).
And I’d like to roll to Rio
Some day before I’m old!
‘Just So Stories’ (1902) ‘The Beginning of the Armadilloes’
He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him.
‘Just So Stories’ (1902) ‘The Cat that Walked by Himself’
And he went back through the Wet Wild Woods, waving his wild tail and walking by his wild
lone. But he never told anybody.