Stanzas in the Zoological Gardens (To the White Bear during the Late Weather)
Anon
Genre: | Poetry |
Subjects: | Zoological Gardens, Zoology, Animal Behaviour, Heat |
Given the recent hot weather, envies the polar bear for being 'polarised at [its] own Pole'. Notes that other bears have a pole which they can climb, but that however hard they might try to ascend the pole 'They'd into bear's grease melt and run / With such an effort this hot day'. | |
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