I started out writing an impassioned plea for you to NOT perpetuate this supposed parallel between Dylan and Kipling (especially by focusing on Kipling's work for children).  For me, it is ridiculous.  But then I realized that, in the end, these are matters of taste.  So carry on.  And thanks for tossing in the Gunga Din reference, for your older readers.  I'm going to take a wild guess that Kipling has dropped off the edge of the curricular cliff in this country.