What we have felt and seen we truly know,
And thus endowed, our tears for others flow.
So leave thy much-loved lyre awhile unstrung
Till health again invigorate thy frame;
With brain renewed, with vigorous heart and lung
Take up thy work once more, and greater fame—
A richer man by far than e'er before,
For thou hast treasure on the other shore.
1 These lines were written directly after Mr. Kipling's recovery from severe illness.