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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CAGED COCKATOO, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Perhaps,' the little maiden said
Last Line: "where gold was hid and men were slain!"
Subject(s): Animals; Children; Imagination; Childhood; Fancy
First Line: Perhaps,' the little maiden said
Last Line: "where gold was hid and men were slain!"
Subject(s): Animals; Children; Imagination; Childhood; Fancy
"Perhaps," the little maiden said,
"A lovely Princess would not wed
Some Genii of high degree,
And now she's prisoned in a bird
Until we learn the magic word,
And burn her plumes, and set her free."
"Of course," said he, "that may be true,—
But p'raps it's just a cockatoo
From far-off Africa or Spain;
But maybe, on its ocean trip
It travelled in a pirate-ship
Where gold was hid and men were slain!"
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