A gray old man, As webbed as moss, Loudly gid-dapping A rocking horse, Came out of the woods By Nevin's Farm, And beckoned me With a leathery arm. Upon the ground I dropped my hoe, And ran to him Shouting "Hello!" But all he said Was "Humpty-D" And "Queen of Hearts" And "Fiddlers three"; And "Porridge hot" And "Cupboard bare" And "Platter clean" And "Taste your ware." I stood amazed, As a lad might well, For what his want I could not tell. He eyed me long, And his look was cool: Then he cried "Gid-dap! @3You gol dern fool!@1" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FRONTIER GUARD by ANTON ALEXANDER VON AUERSPERG KITTY'S SUMMERING by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER THE LAUNCH OF A FIRST-RATE; WRITTEN ON WITNESSING THE SPECTACLE, 1840 by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE WIFE OF FLANDERS by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON OUT OF THE SHADOWS: AN UNFINISHED SONNET-SEQUENCE 15 by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. |