MORE BEASTS
FOR WORSE CHILDREN
MORE BEASTS
(For WORSE CHILDREN)
VERSES
BY
H.B.
PICTURES
BY
B.T.B.
LONDON:
DUCKWORTH AND CO.
3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
DUCKWORTH AND CO.
3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
DEDICATION.
To
Miss ALICE WOLCOTT BRINLEY,
Of Philadelphia.
Miss ALICE WOLCOTT BRINLEY,
Of Philadelphia.
MORE BEASTS
FOR WORSE CHILDREN
INTRODUCTION
The parents of the learned child
(His father and his mother)
Were utterly aghast to note
The facts he would at random quote
On creatures curious, rare and wild;
And wondering, asked each other:
[206]
(His father and his mother)
Were utterly aghast to note
The facts he would at random quote
On creatures curious, rare and wild;
And wondering, asked each other:
[206]
"An idle little child like this,
How is it that he knows
What years of close analysis
Are powerless to disclose?
Our brains are trained, our books are big,
[207]And yet we always fail
How is it that he knows
What years of close analysis
Are powerless to disclose?
Our brains are trained, our books are big,
[207]And yet we always fail
To answer why the Guinea-pig
Is born without a tail.
Is born without a tail.
Whereas the Indian Elephant
Will only read The Times.
Will only read The Times.
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