What Does The Donkey?

Christina Georgina Rossetti

What does the donkey bray about?
What does the pig grunt through his snout?
What does the goose mean by a hiss?
Oh, Nurse, if you can tell me this,
I’ll give you such a kiss.

The cockatoo calls “cockatoo,”
The magpie chatters “how d’ye do?”
The jackdaw bids me “go away,”
Cuckoo cries “cuckoo” half the day:
What do the others say?

Next 10 Poems

• Christina Georgina Rossetti : What Is Pink?
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : What Would I Give
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : When I Am Dead, My Dearest
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : Who Has Seen The Wind?
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : Who Shall Deliver Me?
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : Will You Be There?
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : Winter: My Secret
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti : A Dark Day
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti : A Day Of Love
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti : A Little While

Previous 10 Poems

• Christina Georgina Rossetti : What Are Heavy?
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : Up-hill
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : Uphill
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : Twice
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : Touching 'never'
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : There Is A Budding Morrow In Midnight
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : The Wind
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : The Three Enemies: 03 - The Devil
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : The Three Enemies: 02 - The World
• Christina Georgina Rossetti : The Three Enemies: 01 - The Flesh