825. Urceus Exit
Triolet

Henry Austin Dobson. b. 1840


I INTENDED an Ode,
  And it turn'd to a Sonnet
It began a la mode,
I intended an Ode;
But Rose cross'd the road
  In her latest new bonnet;
I intended an Ode;
  And it turn'd to a Sonnet.

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