Living
Three Ways
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
"How sweet," said the swan,
"To glide and plash!
And not, like a frog,
To dive and dash."
"How fine," said the frog,
"To dive and dash!
And not, like a swan,
To glide and plash."
"But better than either
To float with grace,"
A pond lily whispered,
"Yet keep your place."
Cite this poem
MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Three Ways.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/119/.
Chicago
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Three Ways.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/119/.
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