Orpheus

May your heart be the bait and heaven the stream!
For what freshwater fish, sinner, or even marine
Can equal, either in form or savor,
This fish divine who is JESUS, My Savior?


English - French - Trot
Intro - Goat - Dromedary - Elephant - Orpheus - Octopus - Dove - Peacock
Animal Poetry

Translations by Ursula Whitcher, 2001