ANIMALS AND THEIR COUNTRIES.

O’er Afric’s sand the tawny lion stalks:

On Phasis’ banks the graceful pheasant walks:

The lonely eagle builds on Kilda’s shore:

Germania’s forests feed the tusky boar:

From Alp to Alp the sprightly ibex bounds:

With peaceful lowings Britain’s isle resounds:

The Lapland peasant o’er the frozen meer

Is drawn in sledges by the swift raindeer:

The river-horse and scaly crocodile

Infest the reedy banks of fruitful Nile:

Dire dipsas hiss o’er Mauritania’s plain:

And seals and spouting whales sport in the northern Main.