Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAGON RIDE, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: It was on a visit they came Last Line: And we had a merry ride that day. Subject(s): Wagons | ||||||||
It was on a visit they came, Four girls from town, (I'll not tell any name) Out in the country for a merry "spell," But how they came, I'm not going to tell. And when the day they'd almost spent, Then all their thoughts were homeward bent; So Sis and I decided to go And take them "almost" home, you know. We first proposed to ride horseback, Then next into a wagon pack; And to this last we all agreed, And piled in the wagon grass and weed To sit on; then we all got in, And our rough, jolly ride did begin. Yes, 'twas a jolly wagon-ride, -- None were there but just girls inside The rough, old jolty wagon-bed, Just six young girls, as I have said! Humpty, bumpty, o'er stones we drove, And anon through a shady grove Then up the mountain's steep ascent, Past farm-houses old and quaint. Thus we merrily jogged along, Eating apples, and full of songs; Guessing what our sweethearts would say If they should meet us upon the way. Telling jokes and poking fun, For every one was frolicsome -- 'Twas thus we whiled the time away, And we had a merry ride that day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WOLD WAGGON by WILLIAM BARNES THE WAGGONER by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A VERMONT GRINSTONE by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY OUR OLD VERMONT LUMBER WAGON by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY DELIA AND I by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE THE SILVER WAIN by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. THE DARK WAGGON by DAVID MACBETH MOIR COUNTRYSIDE CAMP by CLARENCE MAJOR A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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