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Kipling refers to these various connotations in his poem, but insists that the true glory of the garden lies elsewhere. [verse 1] Our England is a garden … more than meets the eye. Kipling is almost certainly alluding to a popular poem and song of the Victorian age called “The Homes of England” by Felicia Hemans.
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Apparently written during the second half of 1902, around the time when the Kiplings finally bought and took possession of Bateman’s, the house they would live in together until his death. Published in The Five Nations (1903). Collected in I.V. 1919, and in D.V. 1940, the Sussex Edition vol. 33, and the Burwash Edition vol. 26. Reprinted in A Petwo...
On 14 August 1900, the Kiplings, who were looking for their first permanent home in England, came on Bateman’s, the Jacobean house near Burwash in Sussex now owned by the National Trust. Rudyard and Carrie fell in love with it immediately, feeling it was a house that had never known any shadow or horror, to which they were both highly sensitive and...
In 1882, when he was leaving for India, Rudyard’s last few days in England had been spent in Sussex, at the country retreat of the Burne-Joneses, North End House, Rottingdean; fifteen years later his son John was born in that same house on 17 August 1897. Though “Sussex” was written in 1902 during the first months of living in Bateman’s it reflects...
It is interesting to note the contrast with the grim trinity, which was invoked in “The Second Voyage”, ‘Custom, Reverence and Fear’. Escaping their vigilance, Love, or the hope of reconstituting it, now appears to hold sway. ’Memory, Use and Love’ will bring about or rather allow to become manifest a bond that is deeper than any rational connectio...
(by Mary Hamer, drawing on various sources, in particular Ralph Durand, “A Handbook to the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling” 1914.) [Stanza 1]And see that it is good: cf Genesis I. 31. ‘And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.’ [Stanza 2]Baltic:referring to the almost landlocked sea in northern Europe and the countries, Lit...
Stanza One. But the Glory of the Garden lies in more than meets the eye. In the first stanza of this poem, the speaker begins by referring very simply to England as a garden. It is “full of stately views,” meaning that from a number of different places a visitor or resident can see wonderful and beautiful things.
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The romance and the sense of history appealed to Kipling as a vision of unchanging England. Bateman’s also offered privacy. Kipling was in his late 30s and a renowned author when he moved in. Plain Tales from the Hills and the two Jungle Books had been internationally successful, and he published Kim in 1901 to critical acclaim.
A tour around the house and grounds of Rudyard Kipling's home, Bateman's, in East Sussex. This 17th-century National Trust country house is where the write &...
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The world-renowned author of ‘The Jungle Book’, Rudyard Kipling, lived at Bateman’s for over 30 years and Bateman’s is still to this day very much a cosy family home. With a reputation for quality and craftsmanship, Bateman’s Christmas displays bring visitors back year after year.
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Jump to. Bateman's is a Jacobean house, the date of 1634 is marked around the door. Set in the beautiful landscape of the Sussex Weald, Rudyard Kipling and his wife Caroline bought it in 1902 after falling in love with it. They lived here until their deaths in 1936 and 1939. Discover the rooms of the house just as the Kipling family left them.
