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The poetical works of John Townsend Trowbridge

Trowbridge, J. T. (1827-1916)

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“That Icarus
Was a silly cuss,—
Him an' his daddy Dædalus.
They might 'a' knowed wings made o' wax
Would n't stan' sun-heat an' hard whacks.
I'll make mine o' luther,
Er suthin' er other.”
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