How delightful to meet Mr. Hodgson! (Everyone wants to know him )- With his musical sound And his Baskerville Hound Which, just at a word from his master Will follow you faster and faster And tear you limb from limb. How delightful to meet Mr. Hodgson! Who is worshipped by all waitresses (They regard him as something apart) While on his palate fine he presses The juice of the gooseberry tart. How delightful to meet Mr. Hodgson! (Everyone wants to know him ). He has 999 canaries And round his head finches and fairies In jubilant rapture skim. How delightful to meet Mr. Hodgson! (Everyone wants to meet him ). | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAITING IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL by CLARENCE MAJOR THE ELF AND THE DORMOUSE by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD A SATIRICAL ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A LATE FAMOUS GENERAL by JONATHAN SWIFT TO A PRESIDENT by WALT WHITMAN BACCHUS AND THE FROGS by ARISTOPHANES PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 63. AL-HAIY by EDWIN ARNOLD NATURE'S REMORSES; ROME, 1861 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |