Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PULL-BACK, by ANONYMOUS


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A PULL-BACK, by                    
First Line: A little pull-back sought one day
Last Line: Such naughty fashions here
Subject(s): Girls


A LITTLE Pull-Back sought one day
The gates of Paradise;
Saint Peter wiped his spectacles
And rubbed his ancient eyes.

And throngs of female angels came
With curious gaze the while,
Intent, as ladies always are,
To see the latest style.

The saint put on his glasses then --
An observation took;
"What! what!" he said, "this traverses
The laws of 'mustn't look.'

"Tied up in front! Piled up behind!
'T will never do, I fear!
The thing is too ridiculous --
You cannot enter here."

What did she do? My curious friend,
She got behind a tree;
And in a jiffy she was dressed
As angels ought to be.

Saint peter kissed her then, and said:
"Pass in, my little dear;
But mind, you mustn't introduce
Such naughty fashions here."





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