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The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten by Oliver Herford


【说明:又一种Parody of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam。其中许多篇需要对照html版的插图才能看出趣味,所以这里只选贴一首,另附链接。】

So, if the Fish you Steal—the Cream you drink—
Ends in what all begins and ends in, Think,
Unless the Stern Recorder points to Nine[*],
Tho’ They would drown you—still you shall not sink.

[* 整理者注:传说中猫有九命。]


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