Today's poem
There are a myriad of poems adapting nursery rhymes. For
example, John Hollander’s ‘The See-Saw’ is created with gorgeous combination of
the following nursery rhyme and Hegel’s quote (trans. A. V. Miller). (https://bit.ly/2X0fgyH (p. 116))
See Saw Margery Daw
from Nursery Rhymes
See Saw Margery Daw
Johnny shall have a new master
He shall have but a penny a day
Because he can’t work any faster.