If I had a nickel I'd drive the goat's gig That jolts on the pavement When crossing a twig: A buck or a nanny, No differ at all, If I were as simple As those that are small. And if I had a nickel I'd ride the grey ass That jogs on the sidewalk So near to the grass: The ass or the pony, I would not care which, If I were as simple As those that are rich. But oh! for the nickel I'd spend in the Park To canter with Chaucer And gallant Jeanne d'Arc, Quixote on his jennet, And Red Riding Hood; If I were as simple As those that are good. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOON by HAYDEN CARRUTH DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 3. TEESTAY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE NIGHT MOTHS by EDWIN MARKHAM IN THE DAYS OF PRISMATIC COLOR by MARIANNE MOORE HE RULETH NOT THROUGH HE RAIGNE OVER REALMES by THOMAS WYATT DREAM-PEDLARY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE STORMING OF STONY POINT [JULY 16, 1779] by ARTHUR GUITERMAN |