“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling

You may talk o’ gin and beer When you’re quartered safe out ‘ere, An’ you’re sent to penny-fights an’ Aldershot it; But when it comes to slaughter You will do your work on water, An’ you’ll lick the bloomin’ boots...

To the Unknown Goddess by Rudyard Kipling

Will you conquer my heart with your beauty; my soul going out from afar? Shall I fall to your hand as a victim of crafty and cautions shikar? Have I met you and passed you already, unknowing, unthinking and blind? Shall I meet you next session at Simla, O sweetest and...

The Female of the Species by Rudyard Kipling

Inspired by Relampago Furioso’s recent post which quoted this poem in full. It really is astonishing to discover just how much masculine wisdom there is to be found in Kipling’s works. WHEN the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,  He...

Macdonough’s Song by Rudyard Kipling

Friend and reader LastRedoubt introduced me to this particular gem about 8 months back. It remains today as it was then, a stark and timeless reminder of the importance of obedience to the Word of God, and the need for temperance and humility, and the catastrophic...

Dirge of Dead Sisters by Rudyard Kipling

Seeing as how it was International Women’s Day recently, and seeing as how a lot of very silly and uppity women and “celebrities” in the West immediately took to social media to mark the occasion with a lot of misandry and nonsense, it might be worth...

The Lost Legion by Rudyard Kipling

I don’t know how y’all feel about this, but my vote is for this as the unofficial anthem of the Manosphere. There’s a Legion that never was ‘listed, That carries no colours or crest, But, split in a thousand detachments, Is breaking the...