Comic Poems
This treasury of humorous poems brings together a sparkling constellation of witty poets–from Lord Rochester to Lewis Carroll, from Edward Lear to Ogden Nash, from Dorothy Parker to W. H. Auden–and embraces a wide range of forms, including limericks, clerihews, ballads, sonnets, and nonsense verse.\ Comic Poems is studded with unforgettable classics, along with lesser-known comic gems from across the ages, from ancient Rome to modern America. Here is the immortal “How Pleasant to Know Mr....
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This treasury of humorous poems brings together a sparkling constellation of witty poets–from Lord Rochester to Lewis Carroll, from Edward Lear to Ogden Nash, from Dorothy Parker to W. H. Auden–and embraces a wide range of forms, including limericks, clerihews, ballads, sonnets, and nonsense verse.Comic Poems is studded with unforgettable classics, along with lesser-known comic gems from across the ages, from ancient Rome to modern America. Here is the immortal “How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear” beside Noël Coward’s “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”; the incomparable “Jabberwocky” next to the famous “There was a young lady of Riga.” From Cole Porter and John Updike on love and marriage to Stevie Smith and Dorothy Parker on mortality to the ever-talented Anonymous on almost anything, the lighthearted poetry collected here ranges from the most delightful nonsense to the most sophisticated wit.
News Item19'Wig, rouge, honey'19Their Sex Life19Epigram VI.5720Epigram IX.3320Boston20'Diophon'21'Hermogenes is rather short'21A Case21Twins22'Busts and bosoms have I known'22'I like a woman built on ample lines'22This Englishwoman22Fatigue23Variation on Belloc's 'Fatigue'23Resume23'Mean old Hermon'24The Hardship of Accounting24Epigram24Human Life25Cherry White25Some are Born26Common Sense26The Question26Company27Samson Agonistes27'Man stole fire'27'Having slept with a man'28Prophetic Soul28Two Cures for Love28'Eutychus the painter'29Reflection of Ice-breaking29Genealogical Reflection29Reminiscent Reflection30Crossing the Border30Epigram II.3831On Rutt the Judge31Treason31On Certain Ladies32On Taking a Wife32Swans Sing Before They Die32Juliet33The Reward33Relativity37Mind and Matter37Determinism37'A young schizophrenic named Struther'38Idealism38A Reply38'There was a young lady of Riga'39'There was an old man of Boulogne'39'There was an old party of Lyme'39'When Daddy and Mum got quite plastered'39Bump!40Drusilla40Edouard40Arthur41Benjamin41Carlotta41Requiem42'A Young Person came out of the mists'42'As the poets have mournfully sung'42'There was an Old Man with a beard'43'There was an Old Lady of Chertsey'43'There was an Old Man whose despair'43'There was an Old Man who said, "Hush!"'43Nomenclaturik44Oscar Wilde45D. G. Rossetti45Alexandre Dumas and His Son45George Gissing46Walter Savage Landor46From Biography for Beginner: J. S. Mill47From Biography for Beginner: 'The intrepid Ricardo'47From Biography for Beginner: '"No, air," and General Sherman'47From Biography for Beginner: George III47From Biography for Beginner: Adam Smith47From Academic Graffiti: 'Lord Byron'48From Academic Graffiti: 'Henry Adams'48From Academic Graffiti: 'Henry James'48From Academic Graffiti: 'When Karl Marx'48From Academic Graffiti: 'Cardinal Newman'48B Kw rtn51Lapsus Linguae51Faults5240-Love52Tenuous and Precarious53The Ceiling54Tarantella55'In this mirror'56No!57A Ternarie of Littles, Upon a Pipkin of Jellie Sent to a Lady58The Carcajou and the Kincajou59The Modern Hiawatha59The Mad Gardener's Song60From the Embassy62The Waif63What the Spider Heard64The Fly65Spring in the Bronx65A Little Lamb65Rillons, Rillettes66Private Means is Dead67V. B. Nimble, V. B. Quick68Squeeze Play69In the Dumps69Vendetta70Jabberwocky71The Termite72Symptom Recital75For an Amorous Lady76Take Me in Your Arms, Miss Moneypenny-Wilson77'The author loving these homely meats'79'On sunny days'80'The impudence of some people'80'While describing to her best friend'80'He marvelled at her breasts'80Alice is at It Again81A True Maid84A Song of a Young Lady to Her Ancient Lover85The Old Man's Complaint: By Mr. Wells87Always True to You in My Fashion88Love Me Little, Love Me Long91Elinor Glyn91Fatal Love92One Perfect Rose93Ich liebe solche weisse Glieder94Ending95The Trouble with Women is Men96A Word to Husbands98Autumn98St. Ives99Hot and Cold99The Mistake100Sucking Cider Through a Straw101The Newlyweds102On Kant's Definition of Marriage in The Metaphysics of Ethics103Spectator ab extra107Recipe for a Salad108Peas109The Bun109Sonnet to Vauxhall110Smelt and Tasted111Heard and Seen112The 'Satire'113The Comming of Good Luck113Blisse114Divided Destinies115Look for the Silver Lining117Hotel118Praise is a Mirror119The Nightmare120Complaint to Four Angels123Epigram V.9125Epigram IV.70125I've been to a Marvellous Party126The Party Next Door130Evening Musicale132Stately as a Galleon133A Literary Dinner135Vers de Societe136How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear141Posterity143Henry King144The Purist145Upon Clunn146The Tank148Miss Clegg149Mad Dogs and Englishmen150Lines for Cuscuscaraway and Mirza Murad Ali Beg154Yes and No157The Latest Decalogue158I Had Duck-billed Platypus159In a Copy of More's (or Shaw's or Wells's or Plato's or Anybody's) Utopia161On a General Election162The Solution162Low Down Sandcastle Blues163A Modest Politician164Epitaph on a Politician164Lord Finchley164The Pacifist164The World State165Lord Lundy166There Lived a King170The Ewart Organization172Guns Before Butter173High Sugar174Bloomsbury Snapshot177Reproof Deserved, or After the Lecture178The Black Box180Cacoethes Scribendi181On His Books181From The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel182'You cannot hope to bribe or twist'184'A critic is a creature who has views'184On a Lady who P - st at the Tragedy of Cato185Academic185To Minerva186Philological186The Uncertainty of the Poet187The Pig191The Wasp191The Frog Prince192The Frog194The Octopus195The Eel195The Rabbit195To a Mouse196Mouse198Carp198Epigram III.35 ('Instant Fish')199To a Fish199A Fish Answers200The Python201The Cobra202An Appeal to Cats in the Business of Love202The Blind Sheep203The Grackle204The Hippopotamus204The Hippopotamus Song205Mollusc207Epigram ('I am his Highness' dog')208The Dog208The Cow208The Louse209The Bunyip210Opportunity213Mr. Jones213L'Enfant glace213Nothing to Fear214My Dad was Worried215Lean Gaius215To His Skeleton216Arithmetic on the Frontier217Waste219Yes, I Know219All Things Pass219A Toccata of Galuppi's220'Give me a doctor'224On Mary Ann225On Will Smith225At Potterne, Wiltshire225Epigram I.16226Epitaph on Charles II226Here Lies a Philosopher266'The angler rose'227Epitaph on an Unfortunate Artist227From Tombstones in the Starlight228A Dentist229At Great Torrington, Devon229At Aberdeen229Epitaph in St. Olave's, Southwark, on Mr. Munday230On a Tired Housewife230Acknowledgments231Index of Authors239
