Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THINGS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THINGS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I know a little laddie of a very prying mind
Last Line: To get to the bottom of them he turns them upside down!
Subject(s): Boys


I know a little laddie of a very prying mind;
To make investigations he is wondrously inclined.
He must reach the topmost branches of the very highest tree,
Each passing gay procession he is right on hand to see,
The deepest inner tangle of the thickest swamp he knows
Each pebble of the brook has felt the pressure of his toes,
He rummages through all the house in spite of locks and doors,
The farthest, blackest cavern he most dauntlessly explores,
He mounts upon the house-top, and once he even fell
(The result of peering over) to the bottom of the well.
But, woe is me! the teachers of this prying laddie say
That when he comes to books his passion works another way;
For when he cons his text-books, in spite of scold and frown,
To get to the bottom of them he turns them upside down!





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