Skip to content
Linespedia

A Seal.

Topics: classic

SEE, chil-dren, the Fur-bear-ing Seal;     Ob-serve his mis-di-rect-ed zeal:     He dines with most ab-ste-mi-ous care     On Fish, Ice Water and Fresh Air     A-void-ing cond-i-ments or spice,     For fear his fur should not be nice     And fine and smooth and soft and meet     For Broad-way or for Re-gent Street     And yet some-how I of-ten feel     (Though for the kind Fur-bear-ing Seal     I har-bor a Re-spect Pro-found)

AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.

About this line

"SEE, chil-dren, the Fur-bear-ing Seal;..."

This evocative piece by Oliver Herford, titled "A Seal.", represents a masterful exploration of classic. The lines capture a profound emotional resonance... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

Classified Tags

Related lines

"Here's to our Goddess, Liberty,     Idol of bronze and stone!     May she awake to life some day     And let her charms be known."

"The Gentle Milk Jug blue and white         I love with all my soul,     She pours herself with all her might         To fill my breakfast bowl."

""OH, say, what is this fearful, wild     In-cor-ri-gible cuss?"     "This crea-ture (don't say 'cuss,' my child;     'T is slang) - this crea-t"

"The Kitten mews outside the Door,          The Cat-bird in the Tree,     The Sea-mew mews upon the Shore,          The Catfish in the Sea."

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

Continue Reading

"Here's to our Goddess, Liberty,     Idol of bronze..."

Weekly Poetic Insight

Join our literary Sanctuary

Get the most inspiring lines, poetic analysis, and secret shayaris delivered to your inbox every Sunday.