There was an Old Person of Gretna, Who rushed down the crater of Etna; When they said, 'Is it hot?' he replied, 'No, it's not!' That mendacious Old Person of Gretna. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST POST by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES THE WILLOWS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 101 by OMAR KHAYYAM HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 6 by EZRA POUND CHARACTERS: MRS. FENTON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE OLD KIRK YARD by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY S. BARNABAS by JOSEPH BEAUMONT ON READING THAT THE REBUILDING OF YPRES APPROACHED COMPLETION by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |