Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STAG LINE, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY First Line: There are lions and funny birdies, and enormous goofers that Last Line: Though lots of them have buns on when they want to dance with you! Subject(s): Animals; Dancing & Dancers; Single People; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
There are lions and funny birdies, and enormous goofers that prance, And the darnedest of he-male species in the stag line at a dance, There's a human hippopotamus and his dogs are heavy, too -- And a lot of them have buns on and they want to dance with you! There are big and strong gorillas and a sort of jumping flea, And snakes enough for the reptile house of a whole menagerie. There are mules and silly asses and a bounding kangaroo, And lots of them have buns on and they want to dance with you! Most all the animals are there that Noah had in the ark, From simple stags to the sort of the thing they hunted as a snark. But still you must have your cut-ins. What is a girl to do? Though lots of them have buns on when they want to dance with you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ODD WOMAN by MADELINE DEFREES THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COUNSEIL TO A BACHELER by MARIANNE MOORE MY KIND OF MAN by ANNE WALDMAN THE TWO OLD BACHELORS by EDWARD LEAR THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE |
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