The Silver Treasury of Light Verse: From Geoffrey Chaucer to Ogden Nash |
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... POET Roy Campbell This latest poet is one of those gents Who dines astraddle , but finding that hurts , He takes his meals on one side of the fence And on the other his just desserts . IX . EPIGRAM Sir , I admit your general rule , That ...
... POET Roy Campbell This latest poet is one of those gents Who dines astraddle , but finding that hurts , He takes his meals on one side of the fence And on the other his just desserts . IX . EPIGRAM Sir , I admit your general rule , That ...
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... POET Roy Campbell This latest poet is one of those gents Who dines astraddle , but finding that hurts , He takes his meals on one side of the fence And on the other his just desserts . IX . EPIGRAM Sir , I admit your general rule , That ...
... POET Roy Campbell This latest poet is one of those gents Who dines astraddle , but finding that hurts , He takes his meals on one side of the fence And on the other his just desserts . IX . EPIGRAM Sir , I admit your general rule , That ...
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... poet in his hat . I think the poet must have smiled At such a solemn gazing child . Now wasn't it a funny thing To get a sight of J. M. Synge , And notices nothing but his hat ? Yet life is often queer like that . A Strike among the Poets ...
... poet in his hat . I think the poet must have smiled At such a solemn gazing child . Now wasn't it a funny thing To get a sight of J. M. Synge , And notices nothing but his hat ? Yet life is often queer like that . A Strike among the Poets ...
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