Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ORIGINAL LAMB, by ANONYMOUS


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THE ORIGINAL LAMB, by                    
First Line: "oh, mary had a little lamb, regarding whose cuticular"
Last Line: "thanks, teacher dear, the scholars cried, and awe crept darkly o'er 'em"
Subject(s): Lambs;love


OH, Mary had a little lamb, regarding whose cuticular
The fluff exterior was white and kinked in each particular.
On each occasion when the lass was seen perambulating,
The little quadruped likewise was there a gallivating.

One day it did accompany her to the knowledge dispensary,
Which to every rule and precedent was recklessly contrary.
Immediately whereupon the pedagogue superior,
Exasperated, did eject the lamb from the interior.

Then Mary, on beholding such performance arbitrary,
Suffused her eyes with saline drops from glands called lachrymary,
And all the pupils grew thereat tumultuously hilarious,
And speculated on the case with wild conjectures various.

"What makes the lamb love Mary so?" the scholars asked the teacher.
He paused a moment, then he tried to diagnose the creature.
"Oh pecus amorem Mary habit omnia temporum."
"Thanks, teacher dear," the scholars cried, and awe crept darkly o'er 'em.





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