Animal Poems

Animal Poems

Father Pumpkin; or, Always in Luck, by John Godfrey Saxe

AN ARABIAN TALE I In Cairo once there dwelt a...

The Fisherman and the Flounder, by John Godfrey Saxe

A GERMAN FAIRY TALE A fisherman, poor as poor...

The Great Magician, by John Godfrey Saxe

Once, when a lad, it was my hap
To gain my m...

How the Raven Became Black, by John Godfrey Saxe

There's a clever classic story,
Such as poets...

King Solomon and the Bees, by John Godfrey Saxe

A TALE OF THE TALMUD I When Solomon was reign...

Tale of a Dog, by John Godfrey Saxe

PART ONE I "Curse on all curs!" I heard a cyn...

When I Mean to Marry, by John Godfrey Saxe

When do I mean to marry?--Well,
'T is idle to...

Maud Muller, by John Greenleaf Whittier

MAUD MULLER, on a summer's day,
Raked the m...

Pennsylvania, by John Greenleaf Whittier

Never in tender quiet lapsed the day
From Penn...

The Witch's Daughter, by John Greenleaf Whittier

It was the pleasant harvest time,
When cellar...

Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle, by John Hay

Well, no! I can't tell whar he lives,
Becaus...

The Moon Shone Calmly Bright, by John Imlah

The moon shone calmly bright
Upon the slumb'ri...

A Poet's Atlantis, by John Imlah

Away! Away! We will sail the sea,
To find som...

Scotland, by John Imlah

Old Scotland, thou art waste and wild,
And c...

To Sea, by John Imlah

To sea! To sea! And give the gale,
My jovial ...

Young Mary, by John Imlah

Young Mary by the burn,
O lo'ed her o'er them...

The Habits of the Rat, by John J. Ronan

The odor's beyond sweet,
but begins there, l...

On the Oubangui, by John J. Ronan

(for Ben) Guides poled and guests paddled,
...

Taking the Train of Singularity South from Midtown, by John J. Ronan

42nd St. As the funnel of everyone in Times Sq...

Fires in Illinois, by John James Piatt

How bright this weird autumnal eve--
While the...

Cards and Kisses, by John Lyly

Cupid and my Campaspe play'd
At cards for kiss...

Ode to Annabelle, by John Malcolm Pouch

As the north wind blows beneath
the floor, be...

Return, by John Wilmot

Absent from thee, I languish still;
Then ask...

Raising Eve From The Red Earth, by Johnny Noir

Raising Eve from the red earth beneath the shad...

Odyssey, by Joshua Elliott

1. Paperback Byron Walking on beauty
There yo...