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The Re-echo Club: as by Oscar Wilde (Pumpkin Eater)
From The Re-echo Club
Oh, Peter! Pumpkin-fed and proud,
Ah me; ah me!
(Sweet squashes, mother!)
Thy woe knells like a stricken cloud;
(Ah me; ah me!
Hurroo, Hurree!)
Lo! vanisht like an anguisht wraith;
Ah me; ah me!
(Sweet squashes, mother!)
Wan hope a dolorous musing saith;
(Ah me; ah me!
Dum diddle dee!)
Hist! dare we soar? The Pumpkin Shell!
Ah me; ah me!
(Sweet squashes, mother!)
Fast and forever! Sooth, 'tis well.
(Ah me; ah me!
Faloodle dee!)
Codex Note
A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of Oscar Wilde as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Pumpkin Eater).
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Oscar Wilde (Pumpkin Eater).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/298/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Oscar Wilde (Pumpkin Eater).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/298/.
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