It struck the signs of the Zodiac, Around the immovable Man Who stands in front of the Almanack To show his interior plan. The Scorpion attacked the Bull, The Bull aroused the Lion; The Crab by their tails Flung the Fish in the Scales, Where they floundered as on a gridiron; The Billy Goat went for the Gemini twins; The Ram made a rush at Aquarius; And a @3narrow@1 escape had the Virgo's shins From the shaft of her beau Sagittarius. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON READING -- . by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: 20. A HAPPY MARRIAGE by THOMAS CAMPION A BALLADE OF SUICIDE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON LAMENT FOR THE MAKARIS [WHEN HE WAS SEIK] by WILLIAM DUNBAR DENIAL [OR, DENIALL] by GEORGE HERBERT ELEGIAC SONNET: 7. ON THE DEPARTURE OF THE NIGHTINGALE by CHARLOTTE SMITH THE DAISY; WRITTEN AT EDINBURGH by ALFRED TENNYSON |