Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BABY UP AT BATTENBERG'S, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poet's Biography First Line: Heerd 'bout what's happened Last Line: Haven't ye heerd tell? Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron | ||||||||
HEERD 'bout what's happened? Why o' course ye has; Baby up at Battenberg's, Hope it tain't the las'! Doctor come at eight o'clock, Rig all spleshed with clay; Dad a trampin' up the hall, Skeery? -- I sh'd say! Kind o' still 'roun' the house, Folks on tiptoe walk Tell the door is open An' we hear a squawk! Doctor whispers suthin' -- Daddy hollers: "No!" Doctor says, "Twelve pounder!" Daddy whoops out: "Sho!" Daddy -- happier'n a clam! Mother doin' well; Baby up at Battenberg's, Haven't ye heerd tell? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHARGE OF THE BREAD BRIGADE by EZRA POUND TO ALFRED TENNYSON by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR WAPENTAKE; TO ALFRED TENNYSON by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN; PARODY OF TENNYSON'S 'LOCKSLEY HALL' by THEODORE MARTIN TO A POET THAT DIED YOUNG by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY FACADE: 27. WHEN SIR BEELZEBUB by EDITH SITWELL THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING |
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