Arthur Waugh

“ THE BEAUTIFUL SWAN
All day she rules the pond from edge to edge,
Exerting Beauty's easy privilege;
Her world a mirror spread in each direction,
Where she reflects upon her own reflection.
THE VERY TAME LAMB All men, said the poet, are struck at a mint,
And some coins ring flat that the coiners embellish:
But the lamb is so tame he will pardon the hint—
He'd be best with a little mint-sauce for a relish! ”

“ According to your merits will he treat you—
An Englishman who loves and guards his own.
THE UN-COMMON CAT Nine lives they give the common cat?
There's a rare one livelier yet than that!
A cat that swings nine separate tails! ”