The Silver Treasury of Light Verse: From Geoffrey Chaucer to Ogden Nash |
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... turn another - likely not so good ; But what you're after is to turn ' em all . Gawd bless this world ! Whatever she ' ath done- Excep ' when awful long - I've found it good . 66 So write , before I die , “ ' E liked it all ! " Rudyard ...
... turn another - likely not so good ; But what you're after is to turn ' em all . Gawd bless this world ! Whatever she ' ath done- Excep ' when awful long - I've found it good . 66 So write , before I die , “ ' E liked it all ! " Rudyard ...
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... turn to gol ' , Lawd , Lawd , when de rocks in dis mountain turn to gol ' . " John Henry said to his shaker , " Nigger , why don ' you sing ? I'm throwin ' twelve poun's from my hips on down , Jes ' listen to de col ' steel ring , Lawd ...
... turn to gol ' , Lawd , Lawd , when de rocks in dis mountain turn to gol ' . " John Henry said to his shaker , " Nigger , why don ' you sing ? I'm throwin ' twelve poun's from my hips on down , Jes ' listen to de col ' steel ring , Lawd ...
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... turn to gol ' , Lawd , Lawd , when de rocks in dis mountain turn to gol ' . " John Henry said to his shaker , " Nigger , why don ' you sing ? I'm throwin ' twelve poun's from my hips on down , Jes ' listen to de col ' steel ring , Lawd ...
... turn to gol ' , Lawd , Lawd , when de rocks in dis mountain turn to gol ' . " John Henry said to his shaker , " Nigger , why don ' you sing ? I'm throwin ' twelve poun's from my hips on down , Jes ' listen to de col ' steel ring , Lawd ...
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