Living

That's What We'd Do

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

If you were an owl,
And I were an owl,
And this were a tree,
And the moon came out,
I know what we'd do.
We would stand, we two,
On a bough of the tree;
You'd wink at me,
And I'd wink at you;
That's what we'd do,
Beyond a doubt.

I'd give you a rose
For your lovely nose,
And you'd look at me
Without turning about.
I know what we'd do
(That is, I and you);
Why, you'd sing to me,
And I'd sing to you;
That's what we'd do,
When the moon came out.

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “That's What We'd Do.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/50/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “That's What We'd Do.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/50/.

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