How delightful to meet Mr. Hodgson! (Everyone wants to know him )- With his musical sound And his Baskerville Hound Which, just at a word from his master Will follow you faster and faster And tear you limb from limb. How delightful to meet Mr. Hodgson! Who is worshipped by all waitresses (They regard him as something apart) While on his palate fine he presses The juice of the gooseberry tart. How delightful to meet Mr. Hodgson! (Everyone wants to know him ). He has 999 canaries And round his head finches and fairies In jubilant rapture skim. How delightful to meet Mr. Hodgson! (Everyone wants to meet him ). | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RYTON FIRS by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE A HYMN TO CHRIST, AT THE AUTHOR'S LAST GOING INTO GERMANY by JOHN DONNE STAR-TALK by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES BROWN PENNY by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MEMORY by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE LEPRECAUN, OR THE FAIRY SHOEMAKER by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |