The Gander loves to promenade, Around the farmer’s poultry yard, While as we see, the Oleander Is quite unable to meander: The Gardener tied it up indeed, Fearing that it might run to seed.
Where this text comes from
First published in How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and Other Woodcuts (1917). First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]
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Cite this poem
Robert Williams Wood (1868–1955).
“The Ole Gander; The Oleander.” First published in How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers and Other Woodcuts (1917).
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