Living
The Re-echo Club: as by Thomas Moore
From The Re-echo Club
Living
'Twas ever thus, from childhood's bawl,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay;
Whatever I want most of all,
I do not get it Christmas Day!
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Codex Note
A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of Thomas Moore as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Christmas).
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Thomas Moore.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/306/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Thomas Moore.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/306/.
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