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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PATENT APPLIED FOR, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: My dear mr. Carpenter Last Line: J. Addle pate. Subject(s): Patents And Trademarks; Repairing; Mending | |||
MY DEAR MR. CARPENTER: Please call at eight, All prepared with your tools to mend my front gate. The latch has been broken. And pray bring with you Not one latch, but though it seem strange, sir, bring two. For I have a notion. It's awkward, you know, Half the time, when you pass through a gateway, to throw Your arm over the pickets, and fumble around For the latch, out of sight. And now, sir, I've found A remedy for this: one latch on each side! There's a notion worth having! In fact, I've applied For a patent upon it. Remember, -- at eight, With your tools, and two latches. Yours, J. ADDLE PATE. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MR. COGGS, WATCHMAKER by EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS A YARD-FENCE AND FLOWER-BEDS by DELLA MCDANIEL NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND; EPIGRAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE HAD LINCOLN LIVED by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS HAVE YOU FOUND THE BIBLE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS HAVE YOU SEEN THE ANGELS by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BABY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE ORACULAR OWL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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