'If' by Rudyard Kipling

"If—" is a poem by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling 1865 -1936, written circa 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910), is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet&son, John. Music: Rainbow Dreams- by Terry Devine-King. Voice: Bijan Daneshmand