There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable. But there was one who heard The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood And knew what the man Wished to sing, And with that the singer was content. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ANATOMY OF THE WORLD: THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY by JOHN DONNE FAREWELL TO LOVE by JOHN DONNE THE VANISHING BOAT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE AN ODE IN TIME OF HESITATION by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY A HYMN WRITTEN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS by JONATHAN SWIFT |