Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE AZURE FROG: 1. PRAYER TO THE GOOD FORESTER, by PAUL FORT


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THE AZURE FROG: 1. PRAYER TO THE GOOD FORESTER, by                    
First Line: Good forester, upon our knees we pray you, tell us, if you please, how,
Last Line: "man replied to me, ""by this, because he's never seen."
Subject(s): Animals; Forests; Frogs; Prayer; Woods


Good forester, upon our knees we pray you, tell us, if you please, how, here
amid his native bog, to know the famous azure frog?

Because bright green the others are? because he's heavy? alert? Because he flees
the ducks' voracious maws? or sways upon a nenuphar?

Through his voice that sounds with pearly tone? because he bears a crest, maybe?
or is wont to dream in company? beside his mate? or quite alone?

Having reflected carefully, and scanned the bog with glances keen, the good old
man replied to me, "By this, because he's never seen."





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