A Choice of Comic and Curious VerseJohn Michael Cohen |
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... don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine . ' The cataract of the cliff of heaven fell blinding off the brink As if it would wash the stars away as suds go down a sink , The seven heavens came roaring down for the ...
... don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine . ' The cataract of the cliff of heaven fell blinding off the brink As if it would wash the stars away as suds go down a sink , The seven heavens came roaring down for the ...
Page 174
... don't think me purse - proud , don't set me down as vainglorious , I'm just a little euphorious . OGDEN NASH Peekaboo , I almost See You Middle - aged life is merry , and I love to lead it , But there comes a day when your eyes are all ...
... don't think me purse - proud , don't set me down as vainglorious , I'm just a little euphorious . OGDEN NASH Peekaboo , I almost See You Middle - aged life is merry , and I love to lead it , But there comes a day when your eyes are all ...
Page 177
... don't write a book about Mother ! Don't write a book about Mum ! We all know Mumsy was vague and clumsy , Dithering , drunken and dumb . There may be money in Mother , And possibly a movie , too - But some little mite is learning how to ...
... don't write a book about Mother ! Don't write a book about Mum ! We all know Mumsy was vague and clumsy , Dithering , drunken and dumb . There may be money in Mother , And possibly a movie , too - But some little mite is learning how to ...
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