Laura Elizabeth Richards Poems

Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant-
No! no! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone-
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Skinny Mrs. Snipkin,
With her little pipkin,
Sat by the fireside a-warming of her toes.
Fat Mrs. Wobblechin,
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The Robin sings of willow-buds,
Of snowflakes on the green;
The bluebird sings of Mayflowers,
The crackling leaves between;
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Antonio, Antonio
Was tired of living alonio.
He thought he would woo
Miss Lissamy Lu,
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Two angels came through the gate of
Heaven.
(White and soft is a mother's breast!)
Stayed them both by the gate of Heaven;
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I sat beside a lady fair,
A lady grave and sweet;
Withal so wise, that well I might
Have sat me at her feet.
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As Jeremi' and Josephine
Were walky-talking on the green,
They met a man who bore a dish
Of (anything you like to wish!)
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This is the Wiggledywasticus,
Very remarkable beast.
Nose to tail an eighth of a mile;
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Once a Gargoyle and a Griffin
Thought they'd go and take their tiffin
With the eminent Confucius, just outside the temple wall;
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The owl and the eel and the warming-pan,
They went to call on the soap-fat man.
The soap-fat man he was not within:
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