Our great ancestor, Polly Wog, With her cousin, Thaddeus Pole, Eloped from her home in an Irish bog, And crossing the sea on the "Mayflower's" log, At the risk of body and soul, Married a Frog; and thus, you see, How we come by a place in the family-tree And the family name, Tree-frog. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MONUMENT MOUNTAIN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE KING'S JEWEL by PHOEBE CARY THE SOLDIER GOING TO THE FIELD by WILLIAM DAVENANT THE PRETTY GIRL OF LOCH DAN by SAMUEL FERGUSON WINTER WITH THE GULF STREAM by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ON THE COLLAR OF MRS. DINGLEY'S LAP-DOG by JONATHAN SWIFT DRINKING SONG (1) by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE |