It is a truth universally acknowledged that love is never smooth sailing.
Captain William Hawksmoor of the Royal
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is an English poet. A child of British India, he first became famous for tales of imperial life, notably Kim, the Jungle Book & Barrack Room Ballads. Kipling wrote verse in every classical form, from the epigram to the ode, but his most distinctive gift was for the ballads & narrative poems.