Purple Cow and Other Nonsense
Summary
"Purple Cow" is a short nonsense poem by Gelett Burgess which was initially published in the first issue of his magazine The Lark in May 1895 and became his most widely known work. The poem became famous, eventually becoming "[t]he most quoted poem in twentieth-century America, after "The Night Before Christmas". In addition to being widely anthologized, it was often transmitted orally without credit to Burgess.A few years after writing the poem, Burgess wrote another short poem in response titled " and a Portrait Too, Upon a Background that I Rue" which appeared in the final issue of The Lark, in April 1897 — Wikipedia
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