A WAS AN ANT 
  A was an ant     Who seldom stood still,   And who made a nice house     In the side of a hill.
              a           Nice little ant!
  B was a book     With a binding of blue,   And pictures and stories     For me and for you.
              b           Nice little book!
  C was a cat   Who ran after a rat;   But his courage did fail   When she seized on his tail.
               c           Crafty old cat!
  D was a duck     With spots on his back,   Who lived in the water,     And always said "Quack!"
                d           Dear little duck!
  E was an elephant,     Stately and wise:
  He had tusks and a trunk,     And two queer little eyes,                 e           Oh, what funny small eyes!
  F was a fish     Who was caught in a net;   But he got out again,     And is quite alive yet.
                f           Lively young fish!
  G was a goat     Who was spotted with brown:
  When he did not lie still     He walked up and down.
                g           Good little goat!
  H was a hat     Which was all on one side;   Its crown was too high,     And its brim was too wide.
                h           Oh, what a hat!
  I was some ice   So white and so nice,   But which nobody tasted;   And so it was wasted.
                i           All that good ice!
  J was a jackdaw     Who hopped up and dowa   In the principal street     Of a neighboring town.
                j           All through the town!
  K was a kite   Which flew out of sight,     Above houses so high,     Quite into the sky.
                k           Fly away, kite!
  L was a light   Which burned all the night,     And lighted the gloom     Of a very dark room.
                l         Useful nice light!
  M was a mill   Which stood on a hill,     And turned round and round     With a loud hummy sound.
                m           Useful old mill!
  N was a net     Which was thrown in the sea   To catch fish for dinner     For you and for me.
                n           Nice little net!
  O was an orange     So yellow and round:
  When it fell off the tree,     It fell down to the ground;                 o           Down to the ground!
  P was a pig,   Who was not very big;     But his tail was too curly,     And that made him surly.
                p           Cross little pig!
  Q was a quail   With a very short tail;     And he fed upon corn     In the evening and morn.
                q           Quaint little quail!
  R was a rabbit,   Who had a bad habit     Of eating the flowers     In gardens and bowers.
                r           Naughty fat rabbit!
  S was the sugar-tongs,     Nippity-nee,   To take up the sugar     To put in our tea.
                s           Nippity-nee!
  T was a tortoise,     All yellow and black:
  He walked slowly away,     And he never came back.
                t           Torty never came back!
  U was an urn     All polished and bright,   And full of hot water     At noon and at night.
                u           Useful old urn!
  V was a villa     Which stood on a hill,   By the side of a river,     And close to a mill.
                v           Nice little villa!
  W was a whale   With a very long tail,     Whose movements were frantic     Across the Atlantic.
                w           Monstrous old whale!
  X was King Xerxes,   Who, more than all Turks is,     Renowned for his fashion     Of fury and passion.
                x           Angry old Xerxes!
  Y was a yew,   Which flourished and grew     By a quiet abode     Near the side of a road.
                y           Dark little yew!
  Z was some zinc,   So shiny and bright,     Which caused you to wink     In the sun's merry light.
                z           Beautiful zinc!
EDWARD LEAR