MR. POE'S LESS CELEBRATED POEM, "THE RHINO"
Whenever you see a rhinoceros
In the ghoul-haunted Woodlands of Wier,
Lay your head on his rugged probosceros
And shed an auriferous tear
For Ulalume and Annabelle Lee
And other fair maidens beloved by me
Now lying dead in the amaranth lea,
Whenever you see a rhinoceros O,
Whenever you see a rhinoceros.
Whenever you hear a rhinoceros,
By the dank tarn of Ober's deep lakes,
Lie down by his side in the phosphorous
And hark to the noises he makes;
For the rhino has a magnanimous roar
And when he sleeps, a mellifluous snore
That makes me think of my lost Lenore,
Whenever I hear a rhinoceros O,
Whenever I hear a rhinoceros.
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