MINNIE and Mattie And fat little May, Out in the country, Spending a day. Such a bright day, With the sun glowing, And the trees half in leaf, And the grass growing. Pinky white pigling Squeals through his snout, Woolly white lambkin Frisks all about. Cluck! cluck! the nursing hen Summons her folk, -- Ducklings all downy soft, Yellow as yolk. Cluck! cluck! the mother hen Summons her chickens To peck the dainty bits Found in her pickings. Minnie and Mattie And May carry posies, Half of sweet violets, Half of primroses. Give the sun time enough, Glowing and glowing, He'll rouse the roses And bring them blowing. Don't wait for roses Losing to-day, O Minnie, Mattie, And wise little May. Violets and primroses Blossom to-day For Minnie and Mattie And fat little May. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FORERUNNERS by RALPH WALDO EMERSON AT THE CANNON'S MOUTH by HERMAN MELVILLE A TEAMSTER'S FAREWELL by CARL SANDBURG AGAMEMNON: WELCOME TO AGAMEMNON by AESCHYLUS SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 21. THE WORLD'S MARRIAGE MORN by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THREE PASTORAL ELEGIES: 1 by WILLIAM BASSE YOU, WHO HAVE SONS TO SPARE! by L. ALLEN BECK |