Monday, October 26, 2009

Extra Points for Auden, for internal rhymes.

quoted in a review of the work of Edward Lear, by Brad Leithauser in NYRB


There was a Young Lady of Norway,
Who casually sat in a doorway;
When the door squeezed her flat,
She exclaimed, "What of that?"
This courageous Young Lady of Norway.

Edward Lear


There was an Archdeacon who said:
"May I take off my gaiters in bed?"
But the Bishop said "No,
Wherever you go
You must wear them until you are dead."

Anonymous


The Bishop elect of Hong Kong
Had a dong that was twelve inches long.
He thought the spectators
Were admiring his gaiters
When he went to the gents. He was wrong.

W.H. Auden

1 comment:

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