Hilaire Belloc (Хилар Беллок)

The Whale

The Whale that wanders round the Pole
Is not a table fish.
You cannot bake or boil him whole
Nor serve him in a dish;

But you may cut his blubber up
And melt it down for oil.
And so replace the colza bean
(A product of the soil).

These facts should all be noted down
And ruminated on,
By every boy in Oxford town

Who wants to be a Don.

1. To the Balliol Men Still in Africa
2. To Dives
3. Stanzas Written on Battersea Bridge during a South-Westerly Gale
4. Our Lord and Our Lady
5. Sarah Byng, Who Could Not Read and Was Tossed into a Thorny Hedge by a Bull

Ellis Butler (Эллис Батлер) The Whale ("The Whale is found in seas and oceans")

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Количество обращений к стихотворению: 1522

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