To look at this fictitious steed
You’d think some mixed-up farmer
Had crossed an eagle with a horse.
It carries knights in armor
Through cloud fields at terrific speed.
I wish the Hippogriff
Would take me for a ride. Of course
It’s not real.
But oh, if . . .!
X.J. Kennedy, “Hippogriff” from Did Adam Name the Vinegarroon? Copyright © 1982 by X.J. Kennedy. Reprinted by permission of X.J. Kennedy.
Source: Did Adam Name the Vinegarroon? (David R. Godine, 1892)
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