Living

The Re-echo Club: as by John Milton

by Carolyn Wells 1862–1942

From The Re-echo Club

Living

Hence, vain, deluding cows.
The herd of folly, without color bright,
How little you delight,
Or fill the Poet's mind, or songs arouse!
But, hail! thou goddess gay of feature!
Hail! divinest purple creature!
Oh, Cow, thy visage is too bright
To hit the sense of human sight.
And though I'd like, just once, to see thee,
I never, never, never'd be thee!

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A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of John Milton as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Purple Cow).

MLA

Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by John Milton.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/245/.

Chicago

Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by John Milton.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/245/.

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