Here we sit in a branchy row. Thinking of beautiful things we know; Dreaming of deeds that we mean to do, All complete, in a minute or two — Something noble and grand and good, Won by merely wishing we could. The Jungle Book - Page 91by Rudyard Kipling - 1920 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
| Education - 1899 - 348 pages
...way the Bandarlog people were supposed to talk to each other of the great things they would do: — "Here we sit in a branchy row, Thinking of beautiful...could. Now, we're going to never mind, Brother, thy tall hangs down behind." These Bandarlog people did not recognize the "Laws of the Jungle," and so... | |
| Marguerite Wilkinson - American poetry - 1919 - 470 pages
...the shape of a Cupid's bow? Now you're angry, but—never mind, Brother, thy tail hangs down behind! Here we sit in a branchy row, Thinking of beautiful...good, Won by merely wishing we could. Now we're going to—never mind, Brother, thy tail hangs down behind! All the talk we ever have heard Uttered by bat... | |
| 120 pages
...kindling of our medical knowledge. Medicine tempts us all to thinking, but too often, like the Bandar Log, "we sit in a branchy row, Thinking of beautiful things...and grand and good, Won by merely wishing we could." I have no use for thoughts and ideas, such as those described in this lecture, until experiment turns... | |
| Greek letter societies - 1897 - 534 pages
...building is no " Bandar-Log " job if we sit " Thinking of beautiful things we know, Dreaming of deeds we mean to do, All complete in a minute or two. Something noble and wise and good, Done by merely wishing we could." It will not take us long to realize what a serious... | |
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