An oral reading of a pair of poems written by Rudyard Kipling, both published in 1892. These were published after extensive travels abroad, ranging from the United States to Japan, and after a productive and inspiring visit with Mark Twain, after which Kipling lived in London. 'Fuzzy-Wuzzy' relates the grudging respect given by the British of the Hadendoa warriors of the Sudan.
0:00 Fuzzy-Wuzzy
2:32 When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre
The second poem is a rather tongue-in-cheek recognition of all artists, especially of the literary bent, to borrow from those that came before, stretching all the way back to Homer.
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