The Silver Treasury of Light Verse: From Geoffrey Chaucer to Ogden Nash |
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... door ; Anonymous And when the door begins to crack , It's like a stick across your back ; And when your back begins to smart , It's like a penknife in your heart ; And when your heart begins to bleed , You're dead , and dead , and dead ...
... door ; Anonymous And when the door begins to crack , It's like a stick across your back ; And when your back begins to smart , It's like a penknife in your heart ; And when your heart begins to bleed , You're dead , and dead , and dead ...
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... door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three lives by revealing to the Inspector the conversation I heard through that fortui- tous hole in the floor . Had I But Known narrators are the ...
... door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three lives by revealing to the Inspector the conversation I heard through that fortui- tous hole in the floor . Had I But Known narrators are the ...
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... door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three lives by revealing to the Inspector the conversation I heard through that fortui- tous hole in the floor . Had I But Known narrators are the ...
... door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three lives by revealing to the Inspector the conversation I heard through that fortui- tous hole in the floor . Had I But Known narrators are the ...
Contents
Went to the Road That Lies | 16 |
Editors Preface | 19 |
Paul Engle | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Akond of Swat Alexander Pope Anonymous beauty bird blood blue boys cried D. H. Lawrence dark dead Dean death doth drink dull e. e. cummings Edward Lear Elynour eyes Festel to Fose Frankie give grave Harry Graham hate head heart heigh-ho John Henry John the Red Johnny kind kiss lady Lawd lemmings live look Lord Lyke Malder merry Milder to Malder mind Montana Moscow ne'er never night numbers o'er Ogden Nash pleasant poem poet poor praise Red Nose reply rhyme Samuel Hoffenstein says Festel says John says Milder Sieve sing Sir W. S. Gilbert Song soul steam drill sweet Tell thee There's theyr things thou thought turn verse W. H. Auden Who's the fool Winthrop Palmer wise wish words write wrong young