Time & Brevity
The Year of Hardships
From Rhymes for the Young Folk (undated Cassell edition)
January,
Bitter, very!
February damp, Sir;
March blows
On April's nose,
May has caught the cramp, Sir;
June,
Without a sun or moon!
July, August,
Many a raw gust;
September, October, November, December,
Ten times worse than I ever remember.
No apples, or hay, or honey, or corn;
I'm sure it wasn't a fat year.
Whenever you and I were born,
Good-luck it wasn't in that year!
Cite this poem
MLA
Allingham, William. “The Year of Hardships.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/allingham/43/.
Chicago
Allingham, William. “The Year of Hardships.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/allingham/43/.
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