First I saw the white bear, then I saw the black;
Then I saw the camel with a hump upon his back;
Then I saw the grey wolf, with mutton in his maw;
Then I saw the wombat waddle in the straw;
Then I saw the elephant a-waving of his trunk;
Then I saw the monkeys—mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt!
More verses by William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Sorows Of Werther
- Wapping Old Stairs
- On A Very Old Woman
- Titmarsh’s Carmen Lilliense
- The Chaplet