"A cow of purple is a joy forever. Its loveliness increases. I have never Seen this phenomenon."

"For the wind is in the gum-tree, And the hay is in the mow, And the cow-bells are a-calling "Come and see a Purple Cow!""

"Hence, vain deluding cows. The herd of folly, without colour bright, How little you delight, Or fill the Poet's mind,…"

"I dream of a purple creature Which is not as kine are now; And resembles cattle only As Cowper resembles a cow."

"Though cows of rare sorts I am buying, Not one breathes a balm to my breast. Oh, rapturous, rose-crowned occasion, Wh…"

"Our most hearty laughter Something sad must rouse. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of Purple Cows."

"Full many a cow of purplest ray serene Is haply grazing where I may not see; Full many a donkey writes of her, I ween…"

"Ask me no more. A cow I fain would see Of purple tint, like a sun-soaked grape -"

"Open then I flung a shutter, And, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a Purple Cow which gayly tripped ar…"

"Corniferous wet-nurse of the human race, Calm, comfortable cow, with placid pride Yielding your offering at eventide"