The Purple Cow Parodies

Gelett Burgess' original poem... A Purple Cow 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. Poem parodied in the style of... John Keats 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 'twould be a joy to see one. William Wordsworth 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 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.