Poem: A Voyage

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A Voyage

The Horse and the Tiger,

The Ape and the Goat,

Decided one morning,

To hire a boat.

To leave their own country,

And find a new one,

Very much in the manner,

Columbus had done.

The boat went a-sailing,

Away and away,

It sailed and they sailed,

For a night and a day.

When all of a sudden,

There blew a great gale,

The Horse was a-tremble,

The Tiger grew pale.

The Ape and the Goat,

Nearly fainted together,

But the boat went a-sailing,

In spite of bad weather.

A-sailing, a-sailing,

A-sailing it goes,

To a wonderful country,

Which nobody knows.

The Horse and the Tiger,

The Ape and the Goat,

Has found a new one,

As Columbus had done.

Glossary

Hire: use temporarily for sometime for an agreed payment

sail: travel in a boat

tremble: shake or quiver slightly

fainted: lose consciousness for a long time