Versos English Peter Newell Thirteenth Flat

English poem

Thirteenth Flat

by (1862–1924)

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Home from the shop came Maud's new hat-- A hat of monstrous size! It almost filled the tiny flat Before her ravished eyes.

When, sch-u-u! up through the box so proud The rocket flared and spluttered. "I said that hat was all too loud!" Her peevish husband muttered.