Verses 1889-1896 is a collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling. Kipling was an English novelist, short-story author, lyricist, and columnist. Excerpt: "Hail, Mother! Do they call me rich in trade? Little care I, but hear the shorn priest drone, And watch my silk-clad lovers, man by maid, Laugh 'neath my Shwe Dagon."