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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GARDEN OF GLOVES, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: Hues of the rainbow, green, and red, and blue
Last Line: Has been the garden plot where men raise gloves!
Subject(s): Boxing & Boxers
First Line: Hues of the rainbow, green, and red, and blue
Last Line: Has been the garden plot where men raise gloves!
Subject(s): Boxing & Boxers
HUES of the rainbow, green, and red, and blue,
And often purple—these surround the eye—
"Surround" is proper—brilliant circles ring
The optics with their simply wondrous dye.
Queer vegetables grow—the cauliflower,
Is oft beheld upon the battered ear,
And many a lemon, so the wise ones tell,
Is cultivated, grown, and sold, right here!
Full many time, the grim inhabitants
Of this strange garden hear the little birds,
Chirping and twittering above their heads,
While the cold referee says numbered words!
Full many a time these curious people see
Bright constellations, moons, and comets all around,
Despite the intervening roof—they see
These flashing stars while lying on the ground!
Oh, wondrous in this garden—'tis a place
For sons of Mars, and not for sweetest loves—
This is the garden, which, for many a year,
Has been the garden plot where men raise gloves!
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