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Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943)

The Phlebotomous Flea


              1A Flea who felt phlebotomous
              2Assailed a Hippopotamus;
              3  The Hippo, he
              4  Sat on the Flea,
              5And, goodness gracious! what a muss!

Notes

1] phlebotomous: in the mood for blood-letting or cutting flesh.


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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