Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KING ARTHUR, by MOTHER GOOSE Poet's Biography First Line: When good king arthur ruled this land / he was a goodly king Last Line: The queen next morning fried. Variant Title(s): History;the Bag Pudding;good King Arthur Subject(s): Children; Childhood | ||||||||
WHEN good King Arthur ruled this land, He was a goodly King; He stole three pecks of barley-meal To make a bag-pudding. A bag-pudding the King did make, And stuffed it well with plums, And in it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The King and Queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The Queen next morning fried. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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