Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES INSPIRED BY THE MUSKRAT'S HOUSE, by GRACE E. WHEELER First Line: When adam from the garden fled Last Line: They wrought it first -- the perfect dome. Subject(s): Muskrats | ||||||||
When Adam from the garden fled, Up to the mountains high he sped; There with Eve he made his bed. But as the winds blew cold, he said, "My gentle Eve, what shall we do? These airs, they chill me through and through. I am so cold I can't say Boo, The housing problem's up to you." Now Eve she had a seeing eye; The muskrat's dome was rearing nigh, So unto Adam she did cry, "What they have done -- let's you and I." The pliant willow soon they bent, Then crisscross the small branches went. At set of sun, their strength well spent, Their house to them looked Heaven-sent. Whene'er you see St. Peter's dome Beside the Tiber's stream at Rome, Think of the lowly muskrat's home; They wrought it first -- the perfect Dome. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ABOUT MUSKRAT, LET'S SAY ... by ISABEL JOSHLIN GLASER TWO SONNETS: 1 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON LENNIE SWENSON by KAREN SWENSON ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL by JOHN BYROM WAR IS KIND: 23 by STEPHEN CRANE THE LAST POST by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES THE EXEQUY [ON HIS WIFE] by HENRY KING (1592-1669) FONTENOY, 1745: 1. BEFORE THE BATTLE: NIGHT by EMILY LAWLESS THE ELDER'S WARNING; A LAY OF THE CONVOCATION by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN MIND IN CREATION by RICHARD BLACKMORE IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR GRANDCHILD ELIZABETH .. WHO DECEASED 1665 by ANNE BRADSTREET |
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