A Penguin

THE Pen-guin sits up-on the shore

And loves the lit-tle fish to bore;

He has one en-er-vat-ing joke

That would a very Saint provoke:

"The Pen-guin's might-i-er than the sword-fish";

He tells this dai-ly to the bored fish,

Un-til they are so weak, they float

With-out re-sis-tance down his throat.

Oliver Herford

Index to poems in the collection by Oliver Herford