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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

"lines to a picture of a lady and a dog," 1917

Here's a deliciously silly nugget I found while researching sources for the next Pet Museum book (working title "Vile Vintage Varmints," because it's a book of bad, bad poetry). . .

LINES TO A PICTURE OF A LADY AND A DOG
HER parted lips recall the budding rose;
Her shapely shoulders shame the lily.
The subtle charm of Daphne marks her pose;
Her hair? I fear the color's silly.
'Twould take a canto just to catalogue
The graces of her figure slender.
I quite forgot a couplet to the dog-
But, really, I don't know its gender.


Switzer, M. (1917). Satire and song: simple lays and careless rhymes of olden days and modern times. New York: Brunswick Subscription Co. Page 21.

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