Take of English earth as much As either hand may rightly cl… - Rudyard Kipling

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Take of English earth as much
As either hand may rightly clutch.
In the taking of it breathe
Prayer for all who lie beneath.

Rudyard Kipling

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, novelist and journalist, born in India. In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first English language writer to receive it. He remains, over a century later, its youngest-ever recipient.

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Alternative Names: R. Kipling • Kipling

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Take of English earth as much As either hand may rightly clutch. In the taking of it breathe Prayer for all who lie beneath. - Rudyard Kipling

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