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
Rudyard Kipling
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
Recessional (poem)
…Recessional" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling. It was composed for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, in 1897. "Recessional" contains five stanzas of six lines each. As a recessional is a hymn…
Kipling in 1895
Malabar Point, Bombay, 1865
English Heritage blue plaque marking Kipling's time in Southsea, Portsmouth
Lahore Railway Station in the 1880s