Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JACOB UNRECOGNIZED, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY


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JACOB UNRECOGNIZED, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: One day when I was lyin' in the grass
Last Line: But my maw—why, you jes' can't int'rest her!
Subject(s): Boys; Children; Parents; Childhood; Parenthood


ONE day when I was lyin' in the grass
Watchin' the little clouds a-sailin' by,
I saw a Jacob's ladder all of gold,
It started from a hole up in the sky.

I was so scared an angel might come down
I wriggled in the grass and lay quite flat—
You see, I ain't as good as I could wish,
An' angels don't jes' take to boys like that.

When I got home I told my Maw, because
I thought that she'd be int'rested—but pshaw!
She jes' gave me a look an' said, "My son,
Don't go a-tellin' fibs to fool yer Maw!"

Now, Jacob's Maw b'lieved every word he said,
An' told the neighbours an' made quite a stir,
And got it put in the Old Testament—
But my Maw—why, you jes' can't int'rest her!





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