Category: Poetry

Mother Goose for Grown-ups

Carryl, Guy Wetmore, 1873-1904; Newell, Peter, 1862-1924 [Illustrator]; Verbeek, Gustave, 1867-1937 [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 6,871 words

In memory of other days, Dear critic, when your whispered praise Cheered on the limping pen. How short, how sweet those younger hours, How bright our suns, how few our showers, Alas, we knew not then!

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1. Part 1

In memory of other days, Dear critic, when your whispered praise Cheered on the limping pen. How short, how sweet those younger hours, How bright our suns, how few our showers,...

2. Part 2

And, though not positive, I think She'd heard about Savonarola, Had studied Maurice Maeterlinck, And read the works of Emile Zola, And Emerson's and some of Kant's, And all of m...