Best Ferdinand Poems

Ferdinand the frog was as mute as a swan
as his friends hopped to school one by one 
he would sit on the rocks and silently cry
as the rest of the frogs sang a sweet lullaby

His sister and brother both had a fine voice
While Ferdinand just...

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Isabella- such rare beauty of Spain,
accept this fragrant rose from my hand;
I'm a noble by birth, but a humble man:  
Ferdinand can give you love without end!

Isabella, even the obssessed Alfonso, King of Portugal,
would ask you in marriage disguising himself as a jester
and on...

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Do you remember Ferdinand,
A bull who wouldn't fight?
First published 1936,
The pages black and white.

He liked to sit beneath a tree
And smell the blooms that grew;
A simple soul, unlike his friends,
A stomping, rowdy crew.

They chose him for a bullfight,
Wrongly thinking he was fierce
As he bucked and...

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