Recessional (poem)
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"Recessional" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling. It was composed for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, in 1897.
Queen Victoria in 1897
Indian Cavalry passing the Houses of Parliament, 22 June 1897
Psalm 51
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Psalm 51, one of the penitential psalms, is the 51st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Have mercy upon me, O God". In the slightly different numbering syste
Recessional (poem)
…Lord which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt". The reference to the "ancient sacrifice" as a "humble and a contrite heart" is taken from the Miserere (Psalm 51). "Recessional" was reprinted in The Spectator on July 24, 1897. Kipling had composed "The White Man's Burden" for Victoria's jubilee, but replaced it…
Latin text on a holy water font: see verse 9 below