Take up the White Man's burden — Send forth the best ye breed — Go bind your sons to… — Rudyard Kipling
Take up the White Man's burden — Send forth the best ye breed — Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need.
The White Man's Burden · 1899
★ 7.1Provenance
Current citation
Kipling, Rudyard. "The White Man's Burden." Rudyard Kipling: Stories and Poems, edited by Daniel Karlin. Oxford University Press, 2015, I. 1.
Original citation
Kipling, Rudyard. "The White Man's Burden." The Times, 4 Feb. 1899, I. 1.
