English poem
_(Mother Goose, Interlineated.)_
by A. D. T. Whitney (1824–1906)
|The white dove sat on the castle wall,
I bent my bow, and shoot her I shall,"--
(The fair bird, truth, and her meanings;)
"I put her in my glove, both feathers and
all;"
(The pretty plumes that her flight let fall;
For I bound in a book my gleanings:)
"I laid my bridle upon the shelf,--
If you want any more, you may sing it
yourself!"
(It's all in the wits and the weenings!)
CONCLUSION.