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''The Fringes of the Fleet'' is a booklet written in 1915 by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). The booklet contains essays and poems about nautical subjects in World War I. It is also the title of a song-cycle written in 1917 with music by the English composer Edward Elgar and lyrics from poems in Kipling's booklet. ==Kipling's booklet== In 1915 Kipling was commissioned by ''The Daily Telegraph'' to write a series of six articles on his view of life in less well-known aspects of the defence of the nation on its seas. These were given the general title "The Fringes of the Fleet", and had three sub-titles "The Auxiliaries", "Submarines" and "Patrols", and published between 20 November and 2 December. Each was prefaced by a short poem which did not have a title itself. Immediately afterwards the poems and essays were re-published in a booklet called "The Fringes of the Fleet".〔Notes by Alastair Wilson on "The Fringes of the Fleet"〕 *1. The Auxiliaries – I :The text opens with a poem ''The Lowestoft Boat'' which starts with the words ''"In Lowestoft a boat was laid, / Mark well what I do say!"'', later given the title ''"The Lowestoft Boat"'' and a subtitle ''"(East Coast Patrols of the War)"''. *2. The Auxiliaries – II :The text opens with a poem which starts ''"Dawn off the Foreland〔The North Foreland and the South Foreland (in Kent) are features of the south-east English coast〕 – the young flood making / Jumbled and short and steep – "'', later titled ''"Mine Sweepers"''. *3. Submarines – I :The text opens with a poem which resembles the shanty ''"Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish Ladies"''. The original and final title, ''"Harwich Ladies"'', was for security reasons at the time changed to ''"Greenwich Ladies"''. *4. Submarines – II :The text opens with a very short poem (two verses of four lines) titled ''"Tin Fish"''.〔"Tin fish" were torpedoes, and submarines were "sardine cans"〕 The poem starts ''"The ships destroy us above / And ensnare us beneath."'' *5. Patrols – I :The text opens with a poem entitled ''"A Song in Storm"'', which starts with the words ''"Be well assured that on our side / Our challenged oceans fight.''" *6. Patrols – II :The final article begins with a poem later called ''"The North Sea Patrol"''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Fringes of the Fleet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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