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Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.

Humorous Poems: V. Nonsense

The Purple Cow

Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)

I NEVER saw a Purple Cow,

I never hope to see one;

But I can tell you, anyhow,

I rather see than be one.