| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1517. The Mon-Goos |
| | | By Oliver Herford |
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| THIS, Children, is the famed Mon-goos. | |
| He has an ap-pe-tite ab-struse: | |
| Strange to re-late, this crea-ture takes | |
| A cu-ri-ous joy in eat-ing snakes— | |
| All kinds—though, it must be con-fessed, | 5 |
| He likes the poi-son-ous ones the best. | |
| From him we learn how ve-ry small | |
| A thing can bring a-bout a Fall. | |
| O Mon-goos, where were you that day | |
| When Mistress Eve was led a-stray? | 10 |
| If you’d but seen the ser-pent first, | |
| Our parents would not have been cursed, | |
| And so there would be no ex-cuse | |
| For MILTON, but for you—Mon-goos! | |
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