Nature
The Kitten's Fancy
From The Kitten's Garden of Verses (1911)
Nature
The Kitten mews outside the Door,
The Cat-bird in the Tree,
The Sea-mew mews upon the Shore,
The Catfish in the Sea.
The Emu with his feathers queer
Is mewing in the Zoo.
Why is it that I never hear
A Pussy-willow mew?
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MLA
Herford, Oliver. “The Kitten's Fancy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/120/.
Chicago
Herford, Oliver. “The Kitten's Fancy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/120/.
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