By then, he was a controversial figure because of his views toward empire, which many misunderstood | The first tells of the courage of an Indian boy who is shot while carrying water to British soldiers in the thick of battle |
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30, 1865, in Bombay, where his father directed an art school | Poetry Lovers' Page COMPLETE COLLECTION OF POEMS BY Rudyard Kipling Born December 30, 1865, Died January 18, 1936 Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die |
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back -- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack | Many were later published in Departmental Ditties 1886 |
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The stories of Mowgli, a man-cub who was the central character in The Jungle Book, brought Kipling great popularity in England and the United States |
Kipling gained renown throughout the world as a poet and storyteller.