Master, this is Thy Servant. He is rising eight weeks old.
He is mainly Head and Tummy. His legs are uncontrolled.
But Thou hast forgiven his ugliness, and settled him on Thy knee . . .
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Change of voice in the last stanza is a stroke of genius, no other word for it. Only a poet would have thought of it. Kipling thought of himself as versifier, not a poet. But now and then in his verses, something really great, some deathless poetry, shines through. See The Chlldren or The Way through the Woods for other examples of his poems.
MASTER, the supreme being. A good intercesory plea to our master for thy sins that man commits in his life encounters. This ballad presents a unique form of rhyme that propels the subject matter.
how often do we say sorry? As a human nature sometimes it is hard to say this five letter word. Despite this, we should always find it in our lives to say ' I'm sorry' wholeheartedly.
Beautiful and fitting for my day