Social Commentaries
The Dodo
From The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896)
Social Commentaries
The Dodo used to walk around,
And take the sun and air.
The sun yet warms his native ground--
The Dodo is not there!
The voice which used to squawk and squeak
Is now for ever dumb--
Yet may you see his bones and beak
All in the Mu-se-um.
Cite this poem
MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Dodo.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/67/.
Chicago
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Dodo.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/67/.
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