Nature
The Tree-Toad
From Pipes O' Pan at Zekesbury (1895)
Nature
"'Scurious-like," said the tree-toad,
"I've twittered far rain all day;
And I got up soon,
And I hollered till noon--
But the sun, hit blazed away,
Till I jest clumb down in a crawfish-hole,
Weary at heart, and sick at soul!
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MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Tree-Toad.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/155/.
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Tree-Toad.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/155/.
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