#AmericanWriters
Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads And not the road.
So Thomas Edison Never drank his medicine; So Blackstone and Hoyle Refused cod-liver oil; So Sir Thomas Malory
Toward a better world I contribut… I eat the squab, lest it become a…
Some singers sing of ladies’ eyes, And some of ladies lips, Refined ones praise their ladylike… And course ones hymn their hips. The Oxford Book of English Verse
Children aren’t happy with nothing… And that’s what parents were creat…
Master I may be, But not of my fate. Now come the kisses, too many too… Tell me, O Parcae, For fain would I know,
Unwillingly Miranda wakes, Feels the sun with terror, One unwilling step she takes, Shuddering to the mirror. Miranda in Miranda’s sight
A child need not be very clever To learn that “Later, dear” means…
One would be in less danger From the wiles of a stranger If one’s own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.
Peekabo, I Almost See You Middle-aged life is merry, and I… But there comes a day when your ey… And your friends get jocular, so y… And of all your friends he is the…
I test my bath before I sit, And I’m always moved to wondermen… That what chills the finger not a… Is so frigid upon the fundament.
The truth I do not stretch or sho… When I state that the dog is full… I’ve also found, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.
Go hang yourself, you old M.D.! You shall not sneer at me. Pick up your hat and stethoscope, Go wash your mouth with laundry so… I contemplate a joy exquisite
A girl whose cheeks are covered wi… Has an advantage with me over one…
The summer like a rajah dies, And every widowed tree Kindles for Congregationalist eye… An alien suttee.
