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The Re-echo Club: as by Dinah Craik
From The Re-echo Club
Could I come back to you, Peter, Peter,
From this old pumpkin that I hate;
I would be so tender, so loving, Peter,--
Peter, Peter, gracious and great.
You were not half worthy of me, Peter,
Not half worthy the like of I;
Now all men beside are not in it, Peter,--
Peter, Peter, I feel like a pie.
Stretch out your hand to me, Peter, Peter,
Let me out of this Pumpkin, do;
Peter, my beautiful Pumpkin Eater,
Peter, Peter, tender and true.
Codex Note
A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of Dinah Craik as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Pumpkin Eater).
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Dinah Craik.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/293/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Dinah Craik.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/293/.
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