The Silver Treasury of Light Verse: From Geoffrey Chaucer to Ogden Nash |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 48
Page 162
... Wishes of an Elderly Man ( Wished at a Garden Party , June , 1914 ) I wish I loved the Human Race ; I wish I loved its silly face ; I wish I liked the way it walks ; I wish I liked the way it talks ; And when I'm introduced to one I wish ...
... Wishes of an Elderly Man ( Wished at a Garden Party , June , 1914 ) I wish I loved the Human Race ; I wish I loved its silly face ; I wish I liked the way it walks ; I wish I liked the way it talks ; And when I'm introduced to one I wish ...
Page 169
... Wishes of an Elderly Man ( Wished at a Garden Party , June , 1914 ) I wish I loved the Human Race ; I wish I loved its silly face ; I wish I liked the way it walks ; I wish I liked the way it talks ; And when I'm introduced to one I wish ...
... Wishes of an Elderly Man ( Wished at a Garden Party , June , 1914 ) I wish I loved the Human Race ; I wish I loved its silly face ; I wish I liked the way it walks ; I wish I liked the way it talks ; And when I'm introduced to one I wish ...
Page 293
... Wish I Were And could pick off the coconuts with my nose . But , oh ! I am not , ( Alas ! I cannot be ) An Elephanti— Elephantiaphus . But I'm a cockroach And I'm a water - bug , I can ... Wish I Were: Anonymous, Wish I Were: Anonymous,
... Wish I Were And could pick off the coconuts with my nose . But , oh ! I am not , ( Alas ! I cannot be ) An Elephanti— Elephantiaphus . But I'm a cockroach And I'm a water - bug , I can ... Wish I Were: Anonymous, Wish I Were: Anonymous,
Contents
Went to the Road That Lies | 16 |
Editors Preface | 19 |
Paul Engle | 35 |
Copyright | |
52 other sections not shown
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