::: A PURPLE COW ::::

::: ::: Jest4Fun::::Parodies about purple cows::: A Purple Cow/ By Mr. Gelett Burgess/ I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one./ Here is the poem parodied in the style of...::: Edgar Allen Poe/ Parody by Susan and David Hollander::: One lonely, gloomy, windswept eve/ A mournful sound did I perceive./ I cast my eyes beyond the pane/ And to my horror down the lane/ Came a sight; I froze inside/ A spectral cow with purple hide.::: Emily Dickinson/ Parody by Susan and David Hollander::: On far off hills. And distant rills,. Sounds a distant moo.. A purple spot. I think I caught,. Yes! I see it, too!. In Bovine majesty she stands,/ Her purple tail she swings,/ The amethyst cow,/ To my heart somehow,/ Perfect joy she brings./ And yet the thought of being/ Of that race of royal hue,/ Though glowing like the violet sweet,/ It really would not do.::: John Keats/ Parody by Carolyn Wells*::: A cow of purple is a joy forever./ Its loveliness increases. I have never/ Seen this phenomenon. Yet ever keep/ A Brave lookout; lest I should be asleep/ When she comes by. For, though I would not be one,/ I've oft imagined't'would be a joy to see one.::: William Wordsworth/ Parody by Carolyn Wells*::: She dwelt among the untrodden ways/ Beside the springs of Dee;/ A Cow whom there were few to praise/ And very few to see./ A violet by a mossy stone/ Greeting the smiling East/ Is not so purple, I must own,/ As that erratic beast./ She lived unknown, that Cow, and so/ I never chanced to see;/ But if I had to be one, oh,/ The difference to me!::: Rudyard Kipling/ Parody by Carolyn Wells*::: In the old ten-acre pasture,/ Lookin' eastward toward a tree,/ There's a Purple Cow a-settin'/ And I know she thinks of me./ For the wind is in the gum-tree,/ And the hay is in the mow,/ And the cow-bells are a-calling/ "Come and see a Purple Cow!"/ But I am not going now,/ Not at present, anyhow,/ For I am not fond of purple, and/ I can't abide a cow;/ No, I shall not go today,/ Where the Purple Cattle play./ But I think I'd rather see one/ Than to be one, anyhow.::: Got to thinking of PURPLEGEM in Categorian who has a particular affection for the colour "purple". The famous "Purple Cow" immediately came to mind, but I didn't have the gumption to use any of the parodies to Review her, but they'll do nicely here. I chose something else for her, instead. :::