The Pen-guin sits up-on the shore And loves the lit-tle fish to bore; He has one en-er-vat-ing joke That would a very Saint provoke: "The Pen-guin's might-i-er than the Sword-fish" He tell this dai-ly to the bored fish, Un-til they are so weak, they float With-out re-sis-tance down his throat.


A Child's Primer of Natural History - A Penguin, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1899

Oliver Herford Quotes

The Pen-guin sits up-on the shore And loves the lit-tle fish to bore; He has one en-er-vat-ing joke That would a very Saint provoke: The Pen-guin's...

The Pen-guin sits up-on the shore And loves the lit-tle fish to bore; He has one en-er-vat-ing joke That would a very Saint provoke: The Pen-guin's...

The Pen-guin sits up-on the shore And loves the lit-tle fish to bore; He has one en-er-vat-ing joke That would a very Saint provoke: The Pen-guin's...

The Pen-guin sits up-on the shore And loves the lit-tle fish to bore; He has one en-er-vat-ing joke That would a very Saint provoke: The Pen-guin's...