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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MOUSE, A CAT, AND AN IRISH BULL, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: A little mouse nibbled a limburger cheese
Last Line: "I should die if I lived on such diet."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Mice
First Line: A little mouse nibbled a limburger cheese
Last Line: "I should die if I lived on such diet."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Mice
A little mouse nibbled a Limburger cheese,
And back to his bedchamber stole,
Whence never again was he destined to squeeze,
For the smell was too large for the hole.
And a pussy cat, passing, instinctively stood,
For her appetite urged her to try it;
But she answered her stomach that grumbled for food,
"I should die if I lived on such diet."
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