"Hymn Before Action" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling in 1896. It takes the form of a prayer by troops to God and to Mary on the eve of battle. The...

as the invasion nears. The title recalls Rudyard Kipling's poem "Hymn Before Action", which is quoted extensively throughout the book. Bob Duncan, Staff...

The Sanctus has a military, menacing air, followed by Kipling's "Hymn Before Action". "Charge!" draws on words from John Dryden's "A song for St. Cecilia's...

published 1896. Poems include "Hymn Before Action", "In the Neolithic Age", "The Lost Legion", "The Mary Gloster", and "McAndrew's Hymn". "The Seven Seas by Rudyard...

Homeric Hymns (Ancient Greek: Ὁμηρικοὶ ὕμνοι, romanized: Homērikoì húmnoi) are a collection of thirty-three ancient Greek hymns and one epigram. The hymns praise...

Rudyard Kipling's 1896 poem, Hymn Before Action, during his time in Africa. As part of a move to exclude a range of tradition hymns, "The Church's One Foundation"...

response that became the novel A Hymn Before Battle, the title referring to Rudyard Kipling's poem "Hymn Before Action", quoted extensively throughout...

orders to lead his platoon into action on the following morning. During the Battle of Loos, Jack is posted missing in action and the Kipling family is informed...

A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed...

Angel" "The Houses" "Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack" "Hyaenas" "Hymn Before Action" "Hymn to Physical Pain" "The Idiot Boy" "If—" "I Keep Six Honest..."...