Favorite poet(s) and poem(s)

[billy]

Funny how you can hear of a person all your life and never take the time to investigate. Strange-looking bird.


From the poem I'd have guessed he was a military man, knowing about duty and coming up through the ranks. But his wiki-biography shows none of that. If this was published in 1896? he must have written it while he was living in the States. I'm wondering if the speech and attitude are genuine or made-up.

he was for a long time an editor of the military gazette in bombay i think,. so he could have been close to lots of english soldiers who were based there during the british occupation. one of his novels; the man who wold be king was about two army sergeants who visited him at the newspaper office to tell their story. but yes, good writers have the ability to make us think they're part of what they write about.