Living

Gregory Griggs

by Laura E. Richards 1850–1943

From In My Nursery (1890)

Living

Gregory Griggs, Gregory Griggs,
Had forty-seven different wigs;
He wore them up, and he wore them down,
To please the people of Boston town.
He wore them east, and he wore them west,
But he never could tell which he liked the best.

MLA

Richards, Laura E. “Gregory Griggs.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/129/.

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Richards, Laura E. “Gregory Griggs.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/129/.

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