THE GLORIOUS O
How plain the sound of common tea,
And plainer still LE THE,
But TEO, lovely TEO
All linguists love to say!
How common sounds—cup coffee.
Le café floats in air
With Kafo, Bona Kafo
No drink can quite compare.
How vulgar the word butter
Le beurre is just as bad,
But the good word butero
Will always make us glad.
We Esperantists modest are,
But this one thing we know:
That all earth's wisest children
Adore our letter O.