Nature
The Unfortunate Giraffe
From Artful Anticks (1901)
Nature
There was once a Giraffe who said, “What
Do I want with my tea strong or hot?
For my throat’s such a length,
The tea loses its strength,
And is cold ere it reaches the spot.”
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Herford, Oliver. “The Unfortunate Giraffe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/14/.
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Herford, Oliver. “The Unfortunate Giraffe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/14/.
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