Living

The Re-echo Club: as by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Purple Cow)

by Carolyn Wells 1862–1942

From The Re-echo Club

Living

Hail to thee, blithe spirit!
Cow thou never wert;
But in life to cheer it
Playest thy full part
In purple lines of unpremeditated art.

The pale purple color
Melts around thy sight
Like a star, but duller,
In the broad daylight.
I'd see thee, but I would not be thee if I might.

We look before and after
At cattle as they browse;
Our most hearty laughter
Something sad must rouse.
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of Purple Cows.

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

MLA

Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Purple Cow).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/246/.

Chicago

Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Purple Cow).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/246/.

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