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The Re-echo Club: as by William Wordsworth (Little Girl)

by Carolyn Wells 1862–1942

From The Re-echo Club

Living

I met a gentle Little Girl,
She was sixteen years, she said;
Her hair was thick; that same old curl
Was hanging from her head.

"You're very, very good, you say;
And you look good to me,
Yet you are bad. Tell me, I pray,
Sweet maid, how that may be?"

Then did the Little Girl reply
(The curl bobbed on her forehead),
"When I am good, I'm good as pie,
And when I'm bad, I'm horrid."

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A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of William Wordsworth as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Little Girl).

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Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by William Wordsworth (Little Girl).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/273/.

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Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by William Wordsworth (Little Girl).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/273/.

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