Oliver Herford Hear Poems
- 1. Peter Dunne
By the Harp
"Shpeaking of Harps, sure me frind Pete
Has got the Harp of Tara beat,"
... - 2. The Chimera
You'd think a lion or a snake
Were quite enough one's nerves to shake;
But in this classic beast we find
A lion and a snake combined,
... - 3. In Darkest Africa
At evening when the lamp is lit,
The tired Human People sit
And doze, or turn with solemn looks
The speckled pages of their books.
... - 4. The Pig-pen
OH, turn not from the hum-ble Pig,
My child, or think him in-fra dig.
We oft hear lit-er-a-ry men
Boast of the in-flu-ence of the Pen;
... - 5. Cloud,the, An Idyll Of The Western Front
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|Scene|: A wayside shrine in France.
... - 6. A Kitten's Fancy
The Kitten mews outside the Door,
The Cat-bird in the Tree,
The Sea-mew mews upon the Shore,
The Catfish in the Sea.
... - 7. The Leopard.
THIS is the Le-o-pard, my child;
His tem-per's any-thing but mild.
The Le-o-pard can't change his spots,
And that - so say the Hot-ten-tots -
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