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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BATTLE ROYAL, by ANONYMOUS First Line: The lion and the unicorn Last Line: His power to maintain | |||
THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown; The lion beat the unicorn All around the town. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown; Some gave them plum cake And drummed them out of town. [Alternative final stanza]: And when he had beat him out, He beat him in again; He beat him three times over, His power to maintian. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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