Social Commentaries
Another on the Same
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
In SIMILE if I may shine agen-
Thus have I seen a fond old hen
With one poor miserable chick,
Bustling about a farmer's yard;
Now on the dunghill laboring hard,
Scraping away through thin and thick,
Flutt'ring her feathers--making such a noise!
Cackling aloud such quantities of joys,
As if this chick, to which her egg gave birth,
Was born to deal prodigious knocks,
To shine the Broughton of game cocks,
And kill the fowls of all the earth!
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John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). “Another on the Same.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wolcot/26/.
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John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). “Another on the Same.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wolcot/26/.
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