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“The White Man’s Burden”: Kipling’s Hymn to U. S. Imperialism In February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands. ” In this poem, Kipling urged the U. S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations. The racialized notion of the “White Man’s burden” became a euphemism for imperialism, and many anti-imperialists couched their opposition in reaction to the phrase. 1. Take up the White Man’s burden— Send forth the best ye breed— 4. By open speech and simple Go send your sons to exile An hundred times made plain 7. Take up the White Man’s burden- To serve your captives' need To seek another’s profit Have done with childish days- And work another’s gain The lightly proffered laurel, 2. To wait in heavy harness The easy, ungrudged praise. On fluttered folk and wild— 5. Take up the White Man’s burden— Your new-caught, sullen peoples, And reap his old reward: 8. Comes now, to search your manhood Half devil and half child The blame of those ye better Through all the thankless years, The hate of those ye guard— Cold-edged with dear-bought wisdom, 3. Take up the White Man’s burden The judgment of your peers! In patience to abide 6. The cry of hosts ye humour To veil the threat of terror (Ah slowly) to the light: And check the show of pride; "Why brought ye us from bondage, “Our loved Egyptian night? ”