Living

The Smiling Shark

by Carolyn Wells 1862–1942

From The Jingle Book

Living

There was an old Shark with a smile
So broad you could see it a mile.
He said to his friends,
As he sewed up the ends,
"It was really too wide for the style."

MLA

Wells, Carolyn. “The Smiling Shark.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/43/.

Chicago

Wells, Carolyn. “The Smiling Shark.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/43/.

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