The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten

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Title: The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten
Author: Oliver Herford
Release Date: January 12, 2008 [EBook #24258]
Language: English
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The
Rubáiyát
of a
Persian Kitten
ByOliver Herford
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New York · Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Copyright, 1904, by
Oliver Herford
The De Vinne Press.
The Rubáiyát of a
Persian Kitten
Wake! for the Golden Cat has put to flight
The Mouse of Darkness with his Paw of Light:
Which means, in Plain and simple every-day
Unoriental Speech—The Dawn is bright.
The sun rises with the face of a kitten
They say the Early Bird the Worm shall taste.
Then rise, O Kitten! Wherefore, sleeping, waste
The Fruits of Virtue? Quick! the Early Bird
Will soon be on the Flutter—O make haste!
A kitten about to pounce on a bird
The Early Bird has gone, and with him ta’en
The Early Worm—Alas! the Moral’s plain,
O Senseless ...