Project Gutenberg 2009-12-12 Public domain in the USA. 158 Burgess, Gelett 1866 1951 Burgess, Frank Gelett The Purple Cow! Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Cow Produced by David Edwards, Anne Storer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Purple Cow!" by Gelett Burgess is a whimsical poem that first gained popularity in the late 19th century, specifically during the 1890s. As a light-hearted work of children's literature, it embodies an imaginative and playful spirit. The poem humorously expresses the narrator's fanciful musings about a mythical purple cow, reflecting themes of uniqueness and the absurd. In this playful piece, the narrator shares their bemusement over the idea of a purple cow and expresses a desire to see such a creature. The poem concludes with a catchy twist, indicating a preference for witnessing a purple cow rather than becoming one themselves. Through its charming simplicity and catchy rhyme, "The Purple Cow!" captures the imagination of readers, inviting them to embrace the joy of whimsical thinking and the beauty of the fantastical over the mundane. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/30656/30656-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Nonsense verses PS Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Poetry 74875 2025-08-12T13:02:56.403816 text/html 72584 2009-12-12T09:45:38 text/html 2356170 2025-08-12T13:02:59.637858 application/epub+zip 2355623 2025-08-12T13:02:57.131904 application/epub+zip 90061 2025-08-12T13:02:56.735812 application/epub+zip 2399031 2025-08-12T13:03:01.459796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2387119 2025-08-12T13:02:59.250811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125126 2022-09-14T07:35:35.981760 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47360 2025-08-12T13:02:56.022848 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47255 2009-12-12T09:45:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18141 2025-08-12T13:03:01.593820 application/rdf+xml 25727 2025-08-12T13:02:56.833817 image/jpeg 3906 2025-08-12T13:02:56.783861 image/jpeg 2694716 2009-12-12T09:45:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 18606 2009-12-12T09:45:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 3153877 2025-08-12T13:02:56.510887 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia