Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CONSIDERATE CROCODILE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: There was once a considerate crocodile Last Line: "of the dear little fish that I just now ate!" Subject(s): Crocodiles | ||||||||
There was once a considerate crocodile Who lay on the banks of the river Nile, And he swallowed a fish with a face of woe, While his tears ran fast to the stream below. "I am mourning," said he, "the untimely fate Of the dear little fish that I just now ate!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CROCODILE by JACK PRELUTSKY AMPHIBIOUS CROCODILE by JOHN CROWE RANSOM THE LAST MAN: A CROCODILE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE CROCODILE, FR. ALICE IN WONDERLAND by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON THE NILE by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING THE KING OF THE CROCODILES by ROBERT SOUTHEY IF YOU SHOULD MEET A CROCODILE by ANONYMOUS LADY AND CROCODILE by CHARLES BURGESS A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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