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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CATALOGUE, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY
First Line: I have a snappy picture book
Last Line: We should have had one long ago.
Subject(s): Automobiles; Cars
First Line: I have a snappy picture book
Last Line: We should have had one long ago.
Subject(s): Automobiles; Cars
I have a snappy picture book
With cuts at which I like to look.
Chauffeurs in cars come driving down
Macadam of some quaint old town.
And ladies in their limousines
Are well set off by lovely scenes.
Much as if in the Middle Ages,
Except the fancy equipages --
The roadster and the landaulet,
The touring car and neat coupe,
Painted in reds or greens or blues
Or any color you may choose.
They look as if perhaps you might
Do eighty in them some fine night.
An automobile catalogue
Can certainly put on the dog.
We need a new bus, Dad, you know,
We should have had one long ago.
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