Peter went -- and nobody there -- Down by the sandy sea, And he danced a jig, while the moon shone big, All in his lone danced he; And the surf splashed over his tippeting toes, And he sang his riddle-cum-ree, With hair a-dangling, Moon a-spangling The bubbles and froth of the sea. He danced him to, and he danced him fro, And he twirled himself about, And now the starry waves tossed in, And now the waves washed out; Bare as an acorn, bare as a nut, Nose and toes and knee, Peter the sea-boy danced and pranced, And sang his riddle-cum-ree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN KEATS' DEATH by SARA TEASDALE WHITE AN' BLUE by WILLIAM BARNES ON ENGLISH MONSIEUR by BEN JONSON THE CHALLENGE by ALEXANDER POPE THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 19. SILENT NOON by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI ON A LADY WHO FANCIED HERSELF A BEAUTY by CHARLES SACKVILLE (1637-1706) |