NEW KIPLING SONG.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21153, 9 April 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)

NEW KIPLING SONG.

TWO KINDS OF MEN. Mr. Kipling wrote for a gathering in the Albert Hall, London, promoted by the National Council of Social Service, a new song in two stanzas, which is described as " a sort of sequel to his ' If.' Tho first stanza tells of " the Alan that is kindly of heart" and of the good things that attend hirp. It is as follows: Tho Man that is kindly of henrt toward his neighbour. And stops to consider his likes nnd dislikes— His blood shall be wholesome, whatever his labour— : His luck shall bo >vith hirri, whatever he strikes. The Splendour of Mc®iing shall duly possess him— / And he shall not be sad at tho falling of eve. And, when he lias done with mere living, God bless him! A runny shall sigh—and one Woman shall grievo! The second, or admonitory, stanza runs:— But lie that is costive of soul toward his fellow, In the ways and the works and the woes of this life. Him food shall not fatten, him drink shall not mellow, And his innards shall brew him perpetual strife! His eye shall bo blind to God's glory above him— His ear shall bo deaf to Earth's laughter around. His Friends and his Club and his Dog shall riot lovo him— And his Widow shall skip when ho goes underground.