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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRAISE OF FAMOUS MEN: 4. THE BROTHERS GRIMM, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poet's Biography
First Line: Turn from that to see the witch / hideously bake
Last Line: (which it hasn't) ending.
Subject(s): Fairy Tales; Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863); Grimm, Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859)
First Line: Turn from that to see the witch / hideously bake
Last Line: (which it hasn't) ending.
Subject(s): Fairy Tales; Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863); Grimm, Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859)
TURN from that to see the witch
hideously bake,
and then build her house of rich
almond paste and cake:
nor be scared for Hans and Gretel,
since Grimm's just pretending
that the story has a fatal
(which it hasn't) ending.
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