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Carolyn Wells (Кэролин Уэллс)


A Marvel


An old astronomer there was
  Who lived up in a tower,
Named Ptolemy Copernicus
  Flammarion McGower.
He said: "I can prognosticate
  With estimates correct;
And when the skies I contemplate,
  I know what to expect.
When dark'ning clouds obscure my sight,
  I think perhaps 'twill rain;
And when the stars are shining bright,
  I know 'tis clear again."
And then abstractedly he scanned
  The heavens, hour by hour,
Old Ptolemy Copernicus
  Flammarion McGower.



Carolyn Wells's other poems:
  1. The Poster-Girl after Dante Gabriel Rossetti
  2. The Happy Hyena
  3. An Old Love
  4. The Musical Carp
  5. The Spelling Lesson


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