THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown; The lion beat the unicorn All around the town. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown; Some gave them plum cake And drummed them out of town. [Alternative final stanza]: And when he had beat him out, He beat him in again; He beat him three times over, His power to maintian. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANGLOSAXON STREET by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY COWPER'S GRAVE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING YOUR MISSION by ELLEN M. HUNTINGTON GATES SONNET: THE HUMAN SEASONS by JOHN KEATS THE LEADEN-EYED by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY |