There was a Young Person of Crete, Whose toilette was far from complete; She dressed in a sack, spickle-speckled with black, That ombliferous person of Crete. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MARSEILLAISE by CLAUDE JOSEPH ROUGET DE LISLE ON MICHAEL ANGELO by WASHINGTON ALLSTON THE FROGS: THE FATAL OIL-FLASK by ARISTOPHANES TO HIS INGENIOUS FRIEND, MR. N. TATE by PHILIP AYRES THE MISTLETOE BOUGH by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY THE DAWNING O' THE YEAR by MARY (MAY) ELIZABETH (MCGRATH) BLAKE ASPIRATIONS: 11 by MATHILDE BLIND LOVE IN EXILE: L'ENVOI by MATHILDE BLIND MAXIMS FOR THE OLD HOUSE: THE CHAMBER by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |