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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INDUCEMENTS, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "whistle, daughter, whistle / and you shall have a sheep" Last Line: But I'll do the best I can | |||
WHISTLE, daughter, whistle, And you shall have a sheep. Mother, I cannot whistle, Neither can I sleep. Whistle, daughter, whistle, And you shall have a cow. Mother, I cannot whistle, Neither know I how. Whistle, daughter, whistle, And you shall have a man. Mother, I cannot whistle, But I'll do the best I can. | 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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