The site was a fair one, the weather so fine, }
That even a quadruped thought it divine. }
To this wild grassy spot, on the long look’d for day,
Merry parties of beasts made the best of their way;
There were bears, long and short-legg’d, black, brown, grey, and white,
From different parts, to enjoy the fine sight.
The polar bear came in a sledge, and she said
That the journey had caused a sharp pain in her head:
For, although well protected from snout to her tail,
She thought she had got a slight “coup-de-soleil;”