Poetry & Verse
The Height of the Ridiculous
By Oliver Wendell HolmesSource: Oliver Wendell Holmes - PoetryDB (Public Domain)162 words
I WROTE some lines once on a time In wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would say They were exceeding good. They were...
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I WROTE some lines once on a time In wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would say They were exceeding good. They were so queer, so very queer, I laughed as I would die; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am I. I called my servant, and he came; How kind it was of him To mind a slender man like me, He of the mighty limb.…
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