by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)

Language: English 
 What of the hunting, hunter bold?
   Brother, the watch was long and cold.
 What of the quarry ye went to kill?
   Brother, he crops in the Jungle still.

 Where is the power that made your pride?
   Brother, it ebbs from my flank and side.
 Where is the haste that ye hurry by?
   Brother, I go to my lair - to die!

Composition:

    Set to music by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Tiger! Tiger!", op. 15079 no. 4 (1905), published 1912 [ tenor ad libitum and men's chorus a cappella ], from The Jungle Book, no. 9

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 61