Poem by William Makepeace Thackeray

At the Zoo

First I saw the white bear, then I saw the black;
Then I saw the camel with a hump upon his back;
Then I saw the grey wolf, with mutton in his maw;
Then I saw the wombat waddle in the straw;
Then I saw the elephant a-waving of his trunk;
Then I saw the monkeys—mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt! 

1. Ronsard to His Mistress
2. Abd-El-Kader at Toulon or, The Caged Hawk
3. Damages, Two Hundred Pounds
4. At the Church-Gate
5. Gebtleman of the Footguards (Blue)

Alan Milne At the Zoo ("There are lions and roaring tigers")

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