May 13, 2002

  • I just ran across this…


    At The Garden Gate - David McCord


    Who so late


    at the garden gate?


    Emily, Kate,


    and John.


    “John,


    where have you been?


    It’s after six;


    Supper is on,


    And you’ve been gone


    An hour,


    John!”


    “We’ve been, we’ve been,


    We’ve just been over


    The field,” said,


    John.


    (Emily, Kate,


    and John.)


    Who so late


    at the garden gate?


    Emily, Kate


    and John


    “John,


    what have you got?”


    “A whopping toad


    Isn’t he big?


    He’s a terrible


    Load.


    (We found him


    A little ways


    Up the road,”


    said Emily,


    Kate,


    and John.)


    Who so late


    at the garden gate?


    Emily, Kate,


    and John.


    “John,


    put that thing down!


    Do you want to get warts?”


    (They all three have ‘em


    By last


    Reports.)


    Still, finding toads


    Is the best of


    Sports,


    Say Emily,


    Kate,


    and John.


    The first poem I ever learned, and just happened to run across before heading to bed, night all.

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