RPO -- Arthur Guiterman : Nocturne

Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943)

Nocturne

1The three-toed tree-toad

2Sings his sweet ode

3 To the moon;

4The funny bunny

5And his honey

6 Trip in tune.

7The gentle cricket

8From his thicket

9 Lifts his croon;

10A love-lorn owlet

11Of his fowlet

12 Begs a boon.

13Across the water

14To her daughter

15 Calls the loon;

16A happy froglet

17From his boglet

18 Chants his rune.

19The yellow hound-dog

20And the brown dog

21 Bay the 'coon;

22The chipmunk dozes

23Where the rose's

24 Leaves are strewn;

25All through the night-time

26Till the bright time

27 Comes, too soon,

28The three-toed tree-toad

29Sings his sweet ode

30 To the moon.

Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.

Original text:
Publication date note: Guiterman, Arthur, The Light Guitar (New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923): 139-140.
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition:
Recent editing: 1:2004/6/21

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