A Phenomenal Fauna (Carolyn Wells Poems)
THE REG'LAR LARKThe Reg'lar Lark's a very gay old Bird;At sunrise often may his voice be heardAs jauntily he wends ...
THE REG'LAR LARKThe Reg'lar Lark's a very gay old Bird;At sunrise often may his voice be heardAs jauntily he wends ...
Gelett Burgess' original poem…A Purple Cow I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I ...
The Lady Lorraine was sweet and fair; The Lady Lorraine was young; She had wonderful eyes and glorious hair, And ...
A fable told by La Fontaine, Two centuries or more ago, Describes some rats who would arraign A cat, their ...
Triangular Tommy, one morning in May, Went out for a walk on the public highway. Just here I will ...
A was an apt Alligator, Who wanted to be a head-waiter; He said, "I opine In that field ...
A parody of Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology," wherein characters from famous poems and novels recite their own epithets.ANNABEL ...
Once on a time a lad I knew-- His sister called him Bubby; His cheeks were red, his eyes were ...
'Twas the night before the Fourth of July, the people slept serene; The fireworks were stored in the old town ...
This figure here before you is a Macaroni Man, Who is built, as you may notice, on a most ingenious ...
Once there was a little boy who wouldn't go to bed, When they hinted at the subject he would only ...
There was a youthful genius once, a boy of thirteen years, Named Cyrus Franklin Edison Lavoisier De Squeers. To study ...
Prince Curlilocks remarked one day To Princess Dimplecheek, "I haven't had a real good play For more than 'most a ...
Our Bobby is a little boy, of six years old, or so; And every kind of rubbish in his pocket ...
A Spider and a Centipede went out to take a walk; The Centipede said frankly, "I will listen while you ...
A is for Alice a-dressing the Queen. B is for Borogoves, mimsy and lean. C is the Cheshire Cat, wearing ...
Mr. Hezekiah Hinkle Saw a patient Periwinkle With a kodak, sitting idly by a rill. Feeling a desire ...
The week had gloomily begun For Willie Weeks, a poor man's ...
There was an ambitious young eel Who determined to ride on a wheel; But try as he might, ...
There lived a wondrous sculptor once, a genius in his way, Named Phidias Praxiteles Canova Merryday. He sat within his ...
Old Father Time, one day In his study, so they say, Was indulging in a surreptitious nap, When from his ...
'Twas long ago,--a year or so,-- In a barnyard by the sea, That an old hen lived whom you may ...
Ten Christmas presents standing in a line; Robert took the bicycle, then there were nine. Nine Christmas presents ranged in ...
Once there were some silly kittens, And they knitted woolly mittens To bestow upon the freezing Hottentots. But the Hottentots ...
The blessed Poster-girl leaned outFrom a pinky-purple heaven;One eye was red and one was green;Her bang was cut uneven;She had ...
Two well-built men, neither giant nor dwarf, Were Monsieur Elims and Mynheer Nworf. They lived in a town not far ...
Polly's patchwork--oh, dear me!-- Truly is a sight to see. Rumpled, crumpled, soiled, and frayed-- Will the quilt be ever ...
Once there was a Pirate Poodle, And he sailed the briny seas From the land of Yankee Doodle Southward to ...
Priscilla, Auntie's promised me A brand-new Paris doll; And though I love you, yet you see I cannot keep you ...
I don't know why I'm slandered so, If I go high,--if I go low,-- There's always some one who will ...
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