A happy old hen met a discontented duck. Cluck! cluck! Quack! quack! quack! Said he, "I always have the very worst of luck, Quack! quack! quack!" Said she, "Of happiness I never lack! Cluck! cluck! cluck!" "But what do you do when it rains all day? Quack! quack! quack!" "I find a cozy corner and there I stay! Cluck! cluck! cluck!" "And what do you do when the sun is hot? Quack! quack! quack!" "My chicks and I find a shady spot! Cluck! cluck! cluck!" "And what will you do when you're killed to be eaten? Quack! quack! quack!" "I'll make a potpie that can't be beaten! Cluck! cluck! cluck!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER NIGHT-BROADWAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER ON THE DEATH OF MR. PURCELL by JOHN DRYDEN A BALLAD OF LONDON (TO H.W. MASSINGHAM) by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE PHILOMELA by JOHN CROWE RANSOM THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: DECEMBER by EDMUND SPENSER |