Versos English Walter Crane Seven lobsters in a dish

English poem

Seven lobsters in a dish

by (1863–1929)

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Seven lobsters in a dish, As fresh as any heart could wish. Six joiners in Joiners' Hall, Working with their tools and all. Five beetles against the wall, Close to an old woman's apple-stall. Four puppies with our dog Ball, Who daily for their breakfast call. Three monkeys tied to a log. Two puddings' ends, would choke a dog, Or a gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling frog.