If— "If—" is a poem by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling, written in 1895[citation needed] and first published in Rewards and Fairies, 1910.
It is a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson,[1] and is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son. As poetry, "If—" is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism.[2] The Earthly Paradise (September-November): October: Introduction. Sacred Texts Legends & Sagas William Morris Index Previous Next Buy this Book at Amazon.com The Earthly Paradise, (September-November), by William Morris, [1870], at sacred-texts.com p. 160 O LOVE, turn from the unchanging sea, and gaze Down these grey slopes upon the year grown old, A-dying mid the autumn-scented haze, That hangeth o’er the hollow in the wold, Where the wind-bitten ancient elms infold Grey church, long barn, orchard, and red-roofed stead, Wrought in dead days for men a long while dead.
Little Gidding.