Mythology & Folklore
O that I was where I would be
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
O that I was where I would be,
Then would I be where I am not!
But where I am must be,
And where I would be I cannot.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Paradoxes.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “O that I was where I would be.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/358/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “O that I was where I would be.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/358/.
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