by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
The rhinoceros
Language: English
Rhinoceros, your hide looks all undone, You do not take my fancy in the least: You have a horn where other brutes have none: Rhinoceros, you are an ugly beast.
Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "The rhinoceros", appears in The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (1909 - 2002), "The rhinoceros", published <<1968 [ SA chorus and piano ], from A Child's Book of Beasts [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 30