The hippopotamus's day
Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts;
God works in a mysterious way—
The Church can sleep and feed at once.


The Hippopotamus (1920), st. 6

T. S. Eliot Quotes

The hippopotamus's day Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts; God works in a mysterious way— The Church can sleep and feed at once.

The hippopotamus's day Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts; God works in a mysterious way— The Church can sleep and feed at once.

The hippopotamus's day Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts; God works in a mysterious way— The Church can sleep and feed at once.

The hippopotamus's day Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts; God works in a mysterious way— The Church can sleep and feed at once.