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Bliss Carman, et al., eds.  The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IX. Tragedy: Humor.  1904.
 
Humorous Poems: V. Nonsense
The Purple Cow
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)
 
I NEVER saw a Purple Cow,
  I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
  I rather see than be one.
 
 
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