BE kind and tender to the Frog, And do not call him names, As "Slimy-Skin," or "Polly-wog," Or likewise, "Uncle James," Or "Gape-a-grin," or "Toad-gone-wrong," Or "Billy-Bandy-knees;" The Frog is justly sensitive To epithets like these. No animal will more repay A treatment kind and fair, At least, so lonely people say Who keep a frog (and, by the way, They are extremely rare). | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WOODNOTES: 2 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON A SONG TO MITHRAS by RUDYARD KIPLING A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SOUTHERN PACIFIC by CARL SANDBURG GIBBON by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES THE ARCTIC LOVER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: SONG by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |