Poem by Oliver Herford

A Kitten’s Fancy

The Kitten mews outside the Door,
The Cat-bird in the Tree,
The Sea-mew mews upon the Shore,
The Catfish in the Sea.
The Emu with his feathers queer
Is mewing in the Zoo.
Why is it that I never hear
A Pussy-willow mew?

1. A Song of a Heart
2. Why Ye Blossome Cometh before Ye Leafe
3. Facilis Ascensus
4. Foreign Kittens
5. Proem

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