Nocturne
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.
Publication Notes
Guiterman, Arthur, The Light Guitar (New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923): 139-140.
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire