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Poet: Lewis Carroll
Poem: Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy
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Jul 18 2009
Comment 2 of 2, added on February 5th, 2010 at 11:28 AM.
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speak loudy to the little boy bcz she cant ear
Comment 1 of 2, added on July 25th, 2006 at 9:15 AM.
Speak Roughly is Lewis Carroll's parody of the gentle and lovely 1840's poem Speak Gently, attributed to one David Bates. The opening verse of Speak Gently is: "Speak gently! -- It is better far / To rule by love, than fear -- / Speak gently -- let not harsh words mar / The good we might do here!"
Eve from United States
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speak loudy to the little boy bcz she cant ear