If you will tap the Cantelope reposing on the ground
It will not move, but just emit a melon-choly sound
But if you try this method on the antlered antelope,
His departure will convince you that he is a mis-an-thrope.
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The Antelope. The Cantelope. · Robert Williams Wood · Poetry Cove