Giraffe Poems

Giraffe Poems

Sweeney Among the Nightingales, by T. S. Eliot

Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees
Letting his ...

Giraffe-Hunting in Central Africa, by Isaac McLellan

In far 'Mid-Africa, where woods
Illimitable w...

Rhinoceros Hunting, by Isaac McLellan

For days the hunter march'd o'er wooded hills
...

Watching for Elephants at Night in South Africa, by Isaac McLellan

For days the hunter over open plains
Fring'd b...

On the Death of the Giraffe, by Thomas Hood

They say, God wot!
She died upon the spot:
...