The Llama The Llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat, With an indolent expression and an undulating throat Like an unsuccessful literary man. Find it in the atlas And I know the place he lives in (or at least—I think I do) It is Ecuador, Brazil or Chili—possibly Peru; You must find it in the Atlas if you can. Lord of Turkestan The Llama of the Pampasses you never should confound (In spite of a deceptive similarity of sound) With the Lhama who is Lord of Turkestan. The ruminant For the former is a beautiful and valuable beast, But the latter is not lovable nor useful in the least; And the Ruminant is preferable surely to the Priest Who battens on the woful superstitions of the East, The Mongol of the Monastery of Shan. |