Poem by Hilaire Belloc

The Hippopotamus

I shoot the Hippopotamus
With bullets made of platinum,
Because if I use leaden ones
His hide is sure to flatten ’em.

1. To the Balliol Men Still in Africa
2. To Dives
3. Noël
4. Ballade of Modest Confession
5. The Rebel

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

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