Ogden Nash (Огден Фредерик Нэш)

The Hippopotamus

Behold the hippopotamus!
We laugh at how he looks to us,
And yet in moments dank and grim,
I wonder how we look to him.
Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus!
We really look all right to us,
As you no doubt delight the eye
Of other hippopotami.

1. The Rhinoceros
2. Reflection on Babies
3. Old Dr. Valentine to His Son
4. Come on in, the Senility Is Fine
5. Kipling's Vermont

Thomas Eliot (Томас Элиот) The Hippopotamus ("The broad-backed hippopotamus")

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