The Female of the Species (poem) The Female of the Species (poem) "The Female of the Species" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling originally published in 1911. The title and refrain have been used as a title for at least three other works (see The Female of the Species (disambiguation)). It begins with illustrations of the greater deadliness of the females of different species, the Himalayan bear, the cobra and the Native American, who frightened the Jesuits more than the men. It continues with the general thought that women, "must be deadlier than the male", as she is formed for the one purpose - motherhood. Woman,
The Wallace (poem) chivalrous. The English are depicted throughout as the natural and irreconcilable enemies of the Scots. In the early texts of the poem, the author of "The Wallace" is referred to as "Hary" or "Blind Hary" but little is known for certain about the poet. A man referred to as 'Blind Hary' is recorded as having received payments from King James IV on five occasions between 1490 and 1492. The reasons for the payments are not specified. A 'Blind Hary' is also mentioned by the near-contemporary poet William Dunbar in his Lament for the Makaris. In this poem Hary is included