If

If

by Rudyard Kipling

“If—” is a poem by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling, written in 1895 and first published in Rewards and Fairies, 1910. It is a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. The poem is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet’s son, John. As poetry, “If—” is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism.

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English

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English

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1910

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