Great! That's going to be sooo easy..
Anyway, John it's
A Nursery Rhyme
as it might have been written by William Wordsworth
The skylark and the jay sang loud and long,
The sun was calm and bright, the air was sweet,
you probably remember it so I'll continue for those who don't know it..
When all at once I heard above the throng
Of jocund birds a single plaintive bleat.
And, turning, saw, as one sees in a dream,
It was a Sheep had broke the moorland peace
With his sad cry, a creature who did seem
The blackest thing that ever wore a fleece.
I walked towards him on the stony track
And, pausing for a while between two crags,
I asked him, 'Have you wool upon your back?'
Thus he bespeak, 'Enough to fill three bags.'
Most courtesly, in measued tones, he told
Who would receive each bag and where they dwelt;
And oft, now years have passed and I am old,
I recollect with joy that inky pelt.
-Wendy Cope.
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