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1868–1955

The Gnu conspicuously wears...

Robert Williams Wood

The Gnu conspicuously wears His coat of gnumerous bristling hairs, While, as we see, the modest Newt Of such a coat is destitute.

( I'm only telling this to you, And it is strictly “entre gnu”. ) In point of fact the Newt is nude, And therefore he does not obtrude,

But hides in some secluded gnook, Beneath the surface of the brook: It's almost more than he can bear, To slyly take his breath of air,

His need of which is absolute, Because, you see, he is a Pneu-t.

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