The Silver Treasury of Light Verse: From Geoffrey Chaucer to Ogden Nash |
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... Known . Sometimes it is the Had I But Known what grim secret lurked behind that smiling exterior , I would never have set foot within the door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three ...
... Known . Sometimes it is the Had I But Known what grim secret lurked behind that smiling exterior , I would never have set foot within the door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three ...
Page 123
... Known . Sometimes it is the Had I But Known what grim secret lurked behind that smiling exterior , I would never have set foot within the door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three ...
... Known . Sometimes it is the Had I But Known what grim secret lurked behind that smiling exterior , I would never have set foot within the door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three ...
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... known , And greater than his father's be his throne . Beyond love's kingdom let him stretch his pen " ; He paused , and all the people cried " Amen . " Then thus continued he , " My son , advance Still in new impudence , new ignorance ...
... known , And greater than his father's be his throne . Beyond love's kingdom let him stretch his pen " ; He paused , and all the people cried " Amen . " Then thus continued he , " My son , advance Still in new impudence , new ignorance ...
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