There is a frightful ogre
    Infesting earth today.
That rends the hearts of mortals
    Selected as their prey.
A creature formed of many,
    Yet none was ever caught.
In fact a hydra monster.
    Although composed of naught.
It lives among the people,
    And boldly sports around.
But should one seek to find it,
    It never can be found.
No eye hath ever seen it,
    And yet, by no means small,
It spreads the whole world over,
    But is no where at all.
Its eye, and ears are countless,
    No distance is too great,
But that their power will reach it,
    Relentlessly as fate.
Its tongues are ever wagging,
    The while it viciously
Prepares its oral missiles,
    And pelts vindictively
No might hath ever snubbed it;
    Vain either prayer or moan;
The slaughter still continues,
    Of hearts to feed upon.
Wouldst know this deathless monster,
    No earthly power can stay?
It is the Omnivora
    Of human hearts, “they say?”

From— The Houston Daily Post. (Houston, Tex.), 15 March 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.