Nature
The Tree-Frog Pedigree
From Child Verse (1900)
Nature
Our great ancestor, Polly Wog,
With her cousin, Thaddeus Pole,
Eloped from her home in an Irish bog,
And crossing the sea on the "Mayflower's" log,
At the risk of body and soul,
Married a Frog; and thus, you see,
How we come by a place in the family-tree
And the family name, Tree-frog.
Cite this poem
MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “The Tree-Frog Pedigree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/52/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “The Tree-Frog Pedigree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/52/.
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