he had helped to inspire in them. His 'Recessional' is only the best-known and most hauntingly written of many such second thoughts. ... There is also 'The Lesson', a poem designed to rub in the experience of defeat in Africa, and (though it is abysmal as poetry) 'Fuzzy-Wuzzy', a tribute to the fighting qualities of the Sudanese." Benjamin Britten adapted the poem for his song of the same name between 1922 and 1923, and it was further revised in 1968. It remains unpublished. Other references T. S. Eliot included the poem in his 1941 collection A Choice of Kipling's Verse. See also 1892 in poetry 1892 in literature References External links Full poem at The Kipling Society website Historical background to the Kipling poem Kipling.org line-by-line explanation of references 1892 poems Africa in fiction Poetry by Rudyard Kipling Beja people