Versos English Heinrich Hoffmann Shock-headed Peter

English poem

Shock-headed Peter

by (1809–1894)

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Just look at him! there he stands, With his nasty hair and hands. See! his nails are never cut; They are grimed as black as soot; And the sloven, I declare, Never once has combed his hair; Anything to me is sweeter Than to see Shock-headed Peter.