Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, POOR CROW!, by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE


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First Line: Give me something to eat
Last Line: I've come a long way.
Subject(s): Birds; Crows


Give me something to eat,
Good people, I pray;
I have really not had
One mouthful today!

I am hungry and cold,
And last night I dreamed
A scarecrow had caught me -
Good land, how I screamed!

Of one little children
And six ailing wives
(No, one wife and six children),
Not one of them thrives.

So pity my case,
Dear people, I pray;
I'm honest, and really
I've come a long way.




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