Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, KEEP OFF THE GRASS, by WALT MASON


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KEEP OFF THE GRASS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The thoughtless fellows blithely pass, and
Last Line: And it will take him nineteen hours to tell just how he views such dubs.
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Houses; Lawns; Towns


THE thoughtless fellows blithely pass, and cut a corner here and there, and wear

a path across the grass, and fill the owner with despair. I try to have a nifty

lawn, that will do credit to the town; and thoughtless fellows trot thereon, and

break the dandelions down. I set out flowers till I go broke—I buy the
richest and the best—and bow-wows owned by thoughtless folk come there and

knock things galley west. And thoughtless people let their cows perambulate the

town by night, and on the well-kept lawns they browse, and make the scenery a
sight. And thoughtless people all keep hens, and roosters with destructive feet,

which come a-whooping from their pens, and spoil my flowerbeds and repeat.
There's no protection for the jay who'd make his home a beauty spot; the
thoughtless skates will come his way, and climb all o'er his garden plot, and
spoil the grass and pluck the flowers, and bark the trees and crush the shrubs;

and it will take him nineteen hours to tell just how he views such dubs.





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