dialv2-moore-mouse – Yellow Nineties 2.0

THE LITTLE BROWN WOOD-MOUSE

A little brown wood-mouse
His ample fur cloak doffed,
Then tied his comforter
Before he left the house;
’Twas lamb’s wool, bleached and soft.
To see his tail was there,
    He turned his head;
    Then off he sped,
To look if beech-nuts were
    Silver or red.

MLA citation:

Moore, T. Sturge. “The Little Brown Wood-Mouse.” The Dial, vol. 2, 1892, p. 16. Dial Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2018-2020. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019. https://1890s.ca/dialv2-moore-mouse/

magazine_texts The Dial 2 The Little Brown Wood Mouse T. Sturge Moore 1892 Poetry