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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF PLAY: TORTOISE IN THE RING, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "turtle-tortle, what dost thou there?"
Last Line: He drove a white horse and went splash in the sea
Subject(s): Play
First Line: "turtle-tortle, what dost thou there?"
Last Line: He drove a white horse and went splash in the sea
Subject(s): Play
-- Turtle-tortle, what dost thou there?
-- I'm weaving a weft of Milesian rare.
-- And how comes thy bantling a corpse for to be?
-- He drove a white horse and went splash in the sea.
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