David Lewis Paget Poems

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361.
Wattle & Daub

She lived right next to the forest
In a cottage of wattle and daub,
A roof of bark and a floor of dirt
With a whisk of milk, absorbed,
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362.
Ve Haf Vays...

'Why ith there thalt in the thea, ' he thaid,
'Why are there thtars in the thky?
Why hath an elephant got two tailth,
Why if he hath, haven't I? '
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363.
Lightning Jack

The air was still, the eve was chill
And the Elders forecast rain,
They looked to the distant rolling hills
At the ominous cloud that came,
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364.
Ampitherium

The schoolroom overlooked the downs,
The heather in full bloom,
As Paul Remarque sat heavy-eyed
All through the afternoon,
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365.
To My 7 Children

When you were young, as I recall,
I watched you grow, I watched you crawl,
You took your first few steps with me
And I was your security.
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366.
The Stoker

His eyes could pierce my very soul
His scowl could match my frown,
His hatred seemed to lurk beneath
The coal dust on his brow,
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367.
Toxic Assets

'I have to go to town, ' she said,
'We'll catch the early bus.'
She'd overdrawn her credit card,
I knew - she always does!
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368.
Rag & Reed

John lived down in Haywood Lane
Beside the wood, the river's course
And walked each day to see Bernice
His dark-haired lady, for discourse.
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369.
Looking For Love

We married when we were just nineteen,
I thought her a perfect catch,
We'd fallen in love on the day she came
To watch, at a football match,
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370.
The Bus To Nevermore

The snow lay deep on the countryside
When they left to catch the bus,
Heading out to Milwaukee, first
They left New York in their dust,
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