“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,….”
excerpt from ‘If’- Rudyard Kipling
Melbourne International Flower Show
Human Traffic at Victoria Station
Waiting at Tate Britain
Catherine Palace, Saint Petersburg
Throne Room, Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg
King Charles IV of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor
Photo at top of page: Sculpture of Rudyard Kipling, by Steve Andrews, chainsaw sculptor, at Kipling’s Estate, Batemans, East Sussex, now a National Trust property.
Yvette over at the Priorhouse Blog provided the stimulus for this sharing of my favourite poem! (Day 3 of 3)
So much wisdom in ‘If’ 🙂
Indeed. Grew up with it and still love it ?
When the world goes to pay turvy… it’s comforting to have poems like this as lifeline anchors. Thanks, Ken.
I had a framed copy on my wall growing up, Jane, and it is still with me in my study. A challenging credo to follow!
I like the one in Russia 😉
xxx
The crowd, or the throne?
The throne 😉
Ah, yes. Enough to make one think it was OK to be a Tsar (before 1900 anyway)!
True!! It was as we say in French “une belle époque” 😉
… and. of course, the Russians at the time would have also said “une belle époque” in the language of the court
C’est vrai! Lots of French people lost money with Russian bank notes.