First they said it would not do;
But, when he got through it,
Then they vowed they always knew
That he didn't do it!
Lies are rolling stones, of course,
But they can't adhere to MORSE.

(C) George Pope Morris
03/10/2020


Best Poems of George Pope Morris

• Bessy Bell
• Music
• The Ball-room Belle. (music By Horn.)
• My Woodland Bride
• Oh, This Love!
• Fragment Of An Indian Poem
• Love In Exile
• The Main-truck; Or, A Leap For Life A Nautical Ballad
• The Missing Ship
• The Suitors.
• The Fallen Brave
• Words
• Au Revoir
• The Miniature
• The Origin Of Yankee Doodle