# The Ark alphabet

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THE "ARK" ALPHABET.
[In this Alphabet the child will have to find out the animals named for the letters. Thus some slight acquaintance with Natural History will be gained in conjunction with the Alphabet.]
A stands for the Ark—where all things that had life
God saved with good Noah, his sons, and his wife.
B stands for the Bear—here a brown one you see,
Who's clinging in fear to the bough of a tree.
C for Camel and Cow.—What would poor Baby do,
Dear Cow, if good Noah had not cared for you?
D for Dove, who the olive-branch afterwards bore,
To let Noah see that the Deluge was o'er.
E stands for the Elephant, mighty and strong,
To whom the great trunk, like a hand, does belong.
F stands for the Fox, that the Englishmen chase,
And Fowls, for which Noah was glad to find space.
G stands for Giraffe—who must bend down his head,
If he means by his friends in the Ark to be fed.
H stands for Ham—Noah's son, as you know;
And for Horses, which o'er the turf swiftly can go!
I stands for the Ibex, with elegant horn;
On high Eastern mountains this wild goat was born.
J stands for the Jackal, the lion's good friend;
And for Japheth, who loves the poor cattle to tend.
K stands for the Kitten, whose gambols and play
Amused Noah's wife during many a day.
L stands for the Lion—of forests the king:
To Noah he's as tame as a lambkin in Spring.
M stands for the Monkey, who chatters and grins
At earliest daybreak his mischief begins.
N stands for the Nightingale—sweet is her song,
She grieves for the woods she will not see so long.
O stands for the Ox—who's a good friend to man;
We can't do without him, try all that we can.
P stands for the Pig, who grunts loud in his sty;
The sow and the little pigs all sleeping by.
Q stands for the Quagga—I think it might pass
For a very respectable partly-streaked ass.
R stands for the Raven, who boldly defies
The monkey, and at him in great anger flies.
S stands, first, for Shem—that great Patriarch old;
Next, for Sheep, whose soft fleeces are worth more than gold
To people who live where the winters are cold.
T stands for the Tiger—a terrible beast!
If he dared, he would make on good Noah a feast.
U stands for the Urchin, which Hedgehog we call;
It rolls itself up in a round prickly ball.
V stands for the Vampire—a terrible bat;
And for Viper, whose head is remarkably flat.
W stands for the Wolf, who his old courage lacks,
Because he no longer can hunt with the packs.
X stands for Xiphias.—Noah did not provide
In the Ark for a creature that swam at its side.
Y stands for the Yak, which we call "grunting cow;"
Its tail for an ornament serves the Turks now.
Z stands for the Zebra: his beauty's contest:
In stripes brown and yellow his soft skin is drest.
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