Poems by Guy Wetmore Carryl
How A Fisherman Corked Up His Foe In A Jar
... It was closed at the mouth with a cork and a seal, ...
How Jack Made The Giants Uncommonly Sore
... Worse. (When you turn it around it is different rather: - ...
How Fair Cinderella Disposed Of Her Shoe
... He scratched their names from off his card, ...
The Ambitious Fox And The Unapproachable Grapes
... His throws were strong, his aim was fine, ...
How Beauty Contrived To Get Square With The Beast
... For dutiful beauty is apt to get square! ...
Envoi
... For I've frankly confessed them from Grimm, ...
The Embarrassing Episode Of Little Miss Muffet
... Albeit unsightly, this creature politely Said: ...
The Impecunious Cricket And The Frugal Ant
... Watts, The sluggard, when his means are scant, ...
The Inhuman Wolf And The Lamb Sans Gene
... I've swallowed your capers, I've swallowed your sauce, ...
When The Great Gray Ships Come In
... Who fight their guns till the foeman runs, and then, on the decks they trod, ...
How A Girl Was Too Reckless Of Grammar
... If you'll promise that you'll wed me, I'll at once become a prince ...
The Precipitate Cock And The Unappreciated Pearl
... Or, like the cock, you'll find too late ...
The Pampered Lapdog And The Misguided Ass
... They beat him, and they beat him hard, ...
The Impetuous Breeze And The Diplomatic Sun
... That wretched man, first chilled, then roasted ...
The Patrician Peacocks And The Overweening Jay
... When they answered, "You don't tell us!" ...
