Living
The Cat o' Nine Tails
From A Phenomenal Fauna
Living
The Cat O' Nine Tails is not very nice,--
No good at all at catching rats and mice;
She eats no fish, though living on the sea,
And no one's friend or pet she seems to be.
Yet oft she makes it lively for poor Jack,--
Curls round his legs, and jumps upon his back.
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “The Cat o' Nine Tails.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/59/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “The Cat o' Nine Tails.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/59/.
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