Social Commentaries
To a Bad Rider
From The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood
Social Commentaries
I.
Why, Mr. Rider, why
Your nag so ill indorse, man?
To make observers cry,
You're mounted, but no horseman?
II.
With elbows out so far,
This thought you can't debar me--
Though no Dragoon--Hussar--
You're surely of the army!
III.
I hope to turn M.P.
You have not any notion,
So awkward you would be
At "seconding a motion!"
Cite this poem
MLA
Hood, Thomas. “To a Bad Rider.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/113/.
Chicago
Hood, Thomas. “To a Bad Rider.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/113/.
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