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The Llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat, / With an indolent expression and an undulating throat / Like an unsuccessful literary man.
And I know the place he lives in (or at least -- I think I do) / It is Ecuador, Brazil or Chili -- possibly Peru; / You must find it in the Atlas if you can.
The Llama of the Pampasses you never should confound / (In spite of a deceptive similarity of sound) / With the Lhama who is Lord of Turkestan.
For the former is a beautiful and valuable beast, / But the latter is not lovable nor useful in the least; / And the Ruminant is preferable surely to the Priest / Who battens on the woful superstitions of the East, / The Mongol of the Monastery of Shan.