The Silver Treasury of Light Verse: From Geoffrey Chaucer to Ogden Nash |
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... Thoughts Thought While Waiting for Pronouncement Ogden Nash , ... Fire and Ice : Robert Frost , 58 The Jung Idea : P. H. , 58 Sestina of the Tramp - Royal : Rudyard Kipling , 59 The Last Leaf : O. W. Holmes , 60 The Labyrinth : W. H. ...
... Thoughts Thought While Waiting for Pronouncement Ogden Nash , ... Fire and Ice : Robert Frost , 58 The Jung Idea : P. H. , 58 Sestina of the Tramp - Royal : Rudyard Kipling , 59 The Last Leaf : O. W. Holmes , 60 The Labyrinth : W. H. ...
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... thought he saw an Elephant , That practiced on a fife : He looked again , and found it was A letter from his wife . " At length I realize , ” he said , " The bitterness of Life ! " He thought he saw a Buffalo Upon the chimney - piece ...
... thought he saw an Elephant , That practiced on a fife : He looked again , and found it was A letter from his wife . " At length I realize , ” he said , " The bitterness of Life ! " He thought he saw a Buffalo Upon the chimney - piece ...
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... thought he saw a Banker's Clerk Descending from the bus : He looked again , and found it was A Hippopotamus . " If this should stay to dine , " he said , " There won't be much for us ! " He thought he saw a Kangaroo That worked a coffee ...
... thought he saw a Banker's Clerk Descending from the bus : He looked again , and found it was A Hippopotamus . " If this should stay to dine , " he said , " There won't be much for us ! " He thought he saw a Kangaroo That worked a coffee ...
Contents
Went to the Road That Lies | 16 |
Editors Preface | 19 |
Paul Engle | 35 |
Copyright | |
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