Living
Little Pipkin
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
Holloa!
What's the matter?
Why this bustle,
Noise and clatter?
Mercy on us!
Don't you know
Little Pipkin's
Stubbed his toe!
What's that?
Some one knocks.
How the wind
Shakes the locks!
Run, quick!
How absurd--
Only a beggar,
Upon my word!
Cite this poem
MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Little Pipkin.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/51/.
Chicago
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Little Pipkin.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/51/.
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