Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STORY OF URIAH, by RUDYARD KIPLING Recitation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jack barrett went to quetta Last Line: Who sent jack barrett there. Subject(s): Vengeance | ||||||||
'Now there were two men in one city; the one rich, the other poor.' Jack Barrett went to Quetta Because they told him to. He left his wife at Simla On three-fourths his monthly screw. Jack Barrett died at Quetta. He didn't understand The reason of his transfer From the pleasant mountain-land. The season was September, And it killed him out of hand. Jack Barrett went to Quetta And there gave up the ghost, Attempting two men's duty In that very healthy post; And Mrs. Barrett mourned for him Five lively months at most. Jack Barrett's bones at Quetta Enjoy profound repose; But I shouldn't be astonished If now his spirit knows The reason of his transfer From the Himalayan snows. And, when the Last Great Bugle Call Adown the Hurnai throbs, And the last grim joke is entered In the big black Book of Jobs, And Quetta graveyards give again Their victims to the air, I shouldn't like to be the man Who sent Jack Barrett there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT THE FALL OF AN AGE by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FAMINE YEAR by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE THE MAID'S TRAGEDY by FRANCIS BEAUMONT PRAYER FOR STRENGTH by MARGARET E. BRUNER VENGEANCE IS MINE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON WARNEFORD, V.C. by HENRY CHAPPELL FUZZY-WUZZY' (SOUDAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE) by RUDYARD KIPLING |
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