35+ Law Of The Jungle Poem Background. I have heard when the lion has eaten his fill… he never attacks. 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.
When pack meets with pack in the jungle, and neither will go from the trail, lie down till the leaders have spoken, it may be fair words shall prevail.
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. The law of the jungle: We hope for a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations. The phrase was used in a poem by rudyard kipling to describe the obligations and behaviour of a wolf in a pack.