The Chimera

 You'd think a lion or a snake

Were quite enough one's nerves to shake;

But in this classic beast we find

A lion and a snake combined,

And, just as if that weren't enough,

A goat thrown in to make it tough.

Let scientists the breed pooh! pooh!

Come with me to some Social Zoo

And hear the bearded Lion bleat¹

Goat-like on patent-kidded feet,

Whose "Civil leer and damning praise"

The serpent's cloven tongue betrays.

Lo! lion, goat, and snake combined!

Thus Nature doth repeat her kind.

1 bleat   

v.咩咩叫，(讲)废话，哭诉；n.咩咩叫，废话，哭诉

参考例句：

• He heard the bleat of a lamb.他听到小羊的叫声。
• They bleat about how miserable they are.他们诉说他们的生活是多么悲惨。