Patrick Kavanagh

Wee Beauty

Gulliver he went to Lilliput,
Swift he was not silly but
His man came back by the hilly rut,
Riding on a pony.

The pony was a filly but,
Cheeky, went to Lilliput
Carried by a long-rage [sic] guillemot
   And came back riding on a pony.

(6 December 1943)
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