Young Timothy Timid is cautious and wealthy; He has heard that bicycle owners are healthy; And being himself but a weak-chested youth, He bought him a wheel, -- and a beauty, in truth. "A pity," he said, as he viewed it with pride, "To scar it and batter it learning to ride; And worse (what is likely) to batter myself. I cannot do better than hire with my pelf Some cycler to ride in my stead, and be rid Of all danger and worry and work." So he did. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WRITING A POEM by DAVID IGNATOW LOVE'S TENDRILS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 1. SUNRISE IN THE TROPICS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SURFACES AND MASKS; 1 by CLARENCE MAJOR DOMESDAY BOOK: THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |