Oliver Herford

“ To Rollo and Rembrandt, who wish they were deaf.
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is for Swinburne, who, seeking the true,
the good, and the beautiful, visits the Zoo,
Where he chances on Sappho and Mr. Sardou,
And Socrates, all with the same end in view. ”

“ Who thinks little Yum Yum and Yvette so quaint,
He has to be instantly held in restraint.
is for Zola, presenting La Terre
To Zenobia the brave and Zuleika the fair,
Whose blushes they artfully conceal with their hair. ”