by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Ride with an idle whip, ride with an...
Language: English
Ride with an idle whip, ride with an unused heel, But, once in a way, there will come a day When the colt must be taught to feel The lash that falls, and the curb that galls, and the sting of the rowelled steel.
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- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Ride with an idle whip", 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-11
Line count: 5
Word count: 44