Social Commentaries
The Rhinoceros
From The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896)
Social Commentaries
Rhinoceros, your hide looks all undone,
You do not take my fancy in the least:
You have a horn where other brutes have none:
Rhinoceros, you are an ugly beast.
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MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Rhinoceros.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/73/.
Chicago
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Rhinoceros.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/73/.
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