@3MY title has a foreign look; The sort of Latin label One might expect upon a book Devoted to the table. Yet "Macaroni" 's come to be A word of many meanings, (One Noah Webster, LL.D., Explains its Yankee leanings) And some of these, I think, will fit The facts and personages My puny pipings cause to flit Among these printed pages. If, still, you deem my plain intent Too delicately subtle, I've yet another argument To offer in rebuttal: Since these my verses scarce may claim Much share of fame or boodle, But merely aim to laud the name Of Mr. Yankee Doodle, May I -- whose Pegasus, mayhap, Like his, is but a pony -- Not stick a feather in my cap And call it@1 MCARONI? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA by ROBERT BROWNING THE CUPBOARD by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 68 by OMAR KHAYYAM INCIDENT CHARACTERISTIC OF A FAVOURITE DOG by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AFTER YEARS by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS TO JOANNA, ON SENDING ME THE LEAF OF A FLOWER ... WORDSWORTH'S GARDEN by BERNARD BARTON |