Living

The Re-echo Club: as by Edgar Allan Poe (Lady of Niger)

by Carolyn Wells 1862–1942

From The Re-echo Club

Living

See the lady with a smile,
Sunny smile!
Hear her gaysome, gleesome giggle as she rides around in style!
How the merry laughter trips
From her red and rosy lips,
As she smiles, smiles, smiles, smiles, smiles, smiles, smiles,
While she rides along the dusty, desert miles.

See the tiger with a smile,
Happy smile!
If such a smile means happiness, he's happy quite a pile;
How contentedly he chuckles as he trots along the miles.
Oh, he doesn't growl or groan
As he ambles on alone,
But he smiles, smiles, smiles, smiles, smiles, smiles, smiles,
As he homeward goes along the desert miles.

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A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of Edgar Allan Poe as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Lady of Niger).

MLA

Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Edgar Allan Poe (Lady of Niger).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/282/.

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Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Edgar Allan Poe (Lady of Niger).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/282/.

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