Edwin C. Ranck Play Poems
- 1. Modern Maud Muller
Maud Muller on a summer's day,
Raked the meadows, sweet with hay.
Nor was this just a grand-stand play;
Maud got a rake-off, so they say.
... - 2. The Sissy Boy
Beware the Sissy Boy my child,
Not because he's very wild;
The Sissy Boy is never that,
Although he'll run if you say "Scat!"
... - 3. Loving John
John went into the garden one day
And found his baby sister at play;
John hit baby with a brick
... - 4. Why The Mole Is Blind
In days gone by, when cows could fly
And goblins rode on bears;
When fairies danced upon the green
And giants moped in lairs,
... - 5. Grit
I hate the fellow who sits around
And knocks the livelong day--
Who tells of the work he might have done;
If things had come his way.
... - 6. The War Of The Rats And Mice
Far back within an age remote,
Which common history fails to note,
When dogs could talk, and pigs could sing,
And frogs obeyed a wooden king,
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