IF down his throat a man should choose In fun, to jump or slide, He'd scrape his shoes against his teeth, Nor dirt his own inside. But if his teeth were lost and gone, And not a stump to scrape upon, He'd see at once how very pat His tongue lay there by way of mat, And he would wipe his feet on @3that!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO CHLOE WHO FOR HIS SAKE WISHED HERSELF YOUNGER by WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT SONNET: ON A FAMILY PICTURE by THOMAS EDWARDS TO THE KING OF THULE by HENRI ALLORGE IMITATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE by JOHN ARMSTRONG QUATORZAINS: 4. TO SOUND by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES RIDDLE OF GOD by PAUL SOUTHWORTH BLISS BLESS THE BLESSED MORN by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR TO MR. D'URFEY, UPON HIS INCOMPARABLE BALLADS CALL'D BY HIM LYRIC ODES by THOMAS (TOM) BROWN |