The Oxford Book of American Light Verse (Oxford Books of Verse) - Hardcover

9780195025095: The Oxford Book of American Light Verse (Oxford Books of Verse)
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Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, and Cole Porter join Emerson, Dickinson, Frost, Eliot and other famous and little-known poets, versifiers, and lyricists in a collection of satires, parodies, limericks, clerihews, popular lyrics, protests, and other light exercises in verse

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John Barley-corn, My Foe, John by Charles Follen Adams
Misplaced Sympathy by Charles Follen Adams
My Infundibuliform Hat by Charles Follen Adams
Repartee by Charles Follen Adams
To Barry Jade by Charles Follen Adams
Composed In The Composing Room by Franklin Pierce Adams
The Double Standard by Franklin Pierce Adams
If - by Franklin Pierce Adams
The Rich Man by Franklin Pierce Adams
Where Beauty Lingers by Franklin Pierce Adams
The Wants Of Man by John Quincy Adams
Il Janitoro by George Ade
The Microbe's Serenade by George Ade
R-e-m-o-r-s-e by George Ade
Animula Vagula Blandula by Conrad Aiken
Obitaury In Bitcherel by Conrad Aiken
Sighed A Dear Little Shipboard Divinity by Conrad Aiken
There Was Once A Wicked Young Minister by Conrad Aiken
At A Reading by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Fannie by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Auto Mobile by Archie Randolph Ammons
Chasm by Archie Randolph Ammons
Cleavage by Archie Randolph Ammons
Coward by Archie Randolph Ammons
First Carolina Said-song by Archie Randolph Ammons
Needs by Archie Randolph Ammons
Second Carolina Said-song by Archie Randolph Ammons
Beer by George Arnold
The Aesthetic Point Of View by Wystan Hugh Auden
Henry Adams by Wystan Hugh Auden
T.s. Eliot by Wystan Hugh Auden
Canto: 1 by Joel Barlow
Canto: 3. The Pudding Prepared And Eaten by Joel Barlow
The Minstrel's Last Lay (from 'annonymiad') by John Barth
Fate In Incognito by Michael Benedikt
American Names by Stephen Vincent Benet
Hymn In Columbus Circle by Stephen Vincent Benet
A Nonsense Song by Stephen Vincent Benet
American Lights, Seen From Off Abroad by John Berryman
The Dream Songs: 4 by John Berryman
Mr. Rockefeller's Hat by Helen Smith Bevington
Mrs. Trollope In America by Helen Smith Bevington
Penguins In The Home by Helen Smith Bevington
Body-snatcher by Ambrose Bierce
Corporal by Ambrose Bierce
Egotist by Ambrose Bierce
Elegy by Ambrose Bierce
Lead by Ambrose Bierce
Nose by Ambrose Bierce
Orthography by Ambrose Bierce
Prospect by Ambrose Bierce
Safety-clutch by Ambrose Bierce
Bishop Orders His Tomb In St. Praxed's by Morris Gilbert Bishop
Gas And Hot Air by Morris Gilbert Bishop
How To Treat Elves by Morris Gilbert Bishop
Who'd Be A Hero (fictional)? by Morris Gilbert Bishop
For The Record by Roy, Jr. Blount
Gryll's State by Roy, Jr. Blount
Song Against Broccoli by Roy, Jr. Blount
Upper Family by Maxwell Bodenheim
Barnyard Melodies by Fred Emerson Brooks
Foreigners At The Fair by Fred Emerson Brooks
'home, Sweet Home' With Variations by Henry Cuyler Bunner
Poetry And The Poet by Henry Cuyler Bunner
Orphan Born by Robert Jones Burdette
'soldier, Rest!' by Robert Jones Burdette
Cinq Ans Apres by Frank Gelett Burgess
The Purple Cow by Frank Gelett Burgess
Civil Defense by Kenneth Burke
Frigate Jones, The Pussyfooter by Kenneth Burke
Know Thyself by Kenneth Burke
Nursery Rhyme by Kenneth Burke
Boston by Samuel C. Bushnell
Miss Flora Mcflimsey, Of Madison Square by William Allen Butler
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? by Hughie Cannon
A More Ancient Mariner by Bliss Carman
A Nautical Ballad by Charles Edward Carryl
The Domineering Eagle And The Inventive Bratling by Guy Wetmore Carryl
How Girl Was Too Reckless Of Grammar by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Day Is Done by Phoebe Cary
Jacob by Phoebe Cary
Samuel Brown by Phoebe Cary
Lily Adair by Thomas Holley Chivers
The Moon Of Mobile by Thomas Holley Chivers
Ballad Of The Icondic by John Ciardi
Dawn Of The Space Age by John Ciardi
Goodnight by John Ciardi
On Evolution by John Ciardi
To A Reviewer Who Admired My Book by John Ciardi
Mr. Slimmer's Funeral Verses ...: Alexander Mcglue by Charles Heber Clark
Mr. Slimmer's Funeral Verses ...: Johnny Smith by Charles Heber Clark
Mr. Slimmer's Funeral Verses ...: Mrs. Macfadden by Charles Heber Clark
Obituary by Charles Heber Clark
The Aged Pilot Man by Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Emmeline Grangerford's 'ode To Stephen Dolwing Bots, Dec'd' by Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Imitation Of Julia A. Moore by Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Alas! Carolina! by J. Gordon Coogler
Alas! For The South! by J. Gordon Coogler
Byron by J. Gordon Coogler
In Memorial by J. Gordon Coogler
A Mustacheless Bard by J. Gordon Coogler
A Pretty Girl by J. Gordon Coogler
To Amy by J. Gordon Coogler
Marriage by Gregory Corso
Tell Me Not In Joyous Numbers by Stephen Crane
War Is Kind: 21 by Stephen Crane
Ballad Of The Despairing Husband by Robert Creeley
The Man by Robert Creeley
She Went To Stay by Robert Creeley
For A Lady I Know by Countee Cullen
For A Mouthy Woman by Countee Cullen
1x1 (one Times One): 10 by Edward Estlin Cummings
50 Poems: 6 by Edward Estlin Cummings
New Poems: 6 by Edward Estlin Cummings
One: 20 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Poem, Or Beauty Hurts Mr. Vinal by Edward Estlin Cummings
Sonnet - Realities: 1 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Two: 10 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Xaipe: 47 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Doctor Drink: 3 by James Vincent Cunningham
Doctor Drink: 4. Epitaph For Someone Or Other by James Vincent Cunningham
Epigram: 2 by James Vincent Cunningham
Epigram: 5 by James Vincent Cunningham
Epigram: 9 by James Vincent Cunningham
Pennsylvania Places by Thomas Augustine Daly
Beth Appleyard's Verses: Bacchanal by Peter De Vries
Fixer Of Midnight by Reuel Denney
Beth Appleyard's Verses: Loveliest Of Pies by Peter Devries
Beth Appleyard's Verses: Psychiatrist by Peter Devries
His Mansion In The Pool by Emily Dickinson
In The Garden (1) by Emily Dickinson
The Railway Train by Emily Dickinson
The Zealless Xylographer by Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge
On A Seven-day Diary by Alan Dugan
I Went To See Irving Babbitt by Richard Ghormley Eberhart
Aunt Helen by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Cousin Nancy by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Lines For Cuscuscaraway And Mirza Murad Ali Beg by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Lines To Ralph Hodgson, Esqre. by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Fable: The Mountain And The Squirrel by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prudence by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Solution by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Test by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Face by Anthony Euwer
The True Facts Of The Case by Anthony Euwer
Underwear by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Duel by Eugene Field
Little Boy Blue by Eugene Field
The Little Peach by Eugene Field
Wynken, Blynken And Nod by Eugene Field
Jupiter And Ten by James Thomas Fields
The Owl Critic by James Thomas Fields
A Hawthorn Garland; Scarlet Letter by Richard Harter Fogle
Husband And Heathen by Sam Walter Foss
A Philosopher by Sam Walter Foss
Gwine To Run All Night by Stephen Collins Foster
Oh! Susanna! by Stephen Collins Foster
A Considerable Speck by Robert Frost
Departmental by Robert Frost
For Travelers Going Sidereal by Robert Frost
The Hardship Of Accounting by Robert Frost
Pride Of Ancestry by Robert Frost
The Rose Family by Robert Frost
Goin' Back T'morrer; In The City by Hamlin Garland
Blah, Blah, Blah by Ira Gershwin
It Ain't Necessarily So by Ira Gershwin
Bop Lyrics (1) by Allen Ginsberg
Bop Lyrics (2) by Allen Ginsberg
Bop Lyrics (3) by Allen Ginsberg
Bop Lyrics (4) by Allen Ginsberg
Bop Lyrics (5) by Allen Ginsberg
Bop Lyrics (6) by Allen Ginsberg
Master Charge Blues by Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
Poem For Unwed Mothers by Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
The Babe, With A Cry Brief And Dismal by Edward Gorey
From The Bathing Machine Came A Din by Edward Gorey
A Lady Who Signs Herself 'vexed' by Edward Gorey
Some Harvard Men, Stalwart And Hairy by Edward Gorey
There Was A Young Woman Named Plunnery by Edward Gorey
Home (2) by Edgar Albert Guest
Lemon Pie by Edgar Albert Guest
Sausage by Edgar Albert Guest
Brief Essay On Man by Arthur Guiterman
Everything In Its Place by Arthur Guiterman
Heredity by Arthur Guiterman
Song Of Hate For Eels by Arthur Guiterman
Breasts by Donald Hall
Professor Gratt by Donald Hall
To A Waterfowl by Donald Hall
Fanny: 137 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 138 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 46 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 47 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 48 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 49 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 50 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 51 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 52 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 53 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 54 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 55 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 56 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 57 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 58 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 59 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 60 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 61 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 62 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 63 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 64 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 65 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 66 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 67 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Fanny: 68 by Fitz-greene Halleck
Song by Fitz-greene Halleck
Kansas City by Oscar, Ii Hammerstein
Money Isn't Everything by Oscar, Ii Hammerstein
There's Nothin' Like A Dame by Oscar, Ii Hammerstein
Bureaucratic Limerick by William Harmon
Mister Johnson by Ben Harney
You've Been A Good Old Wagon, But You've Done Broke Down by Ben Harney
The Blue Room by Lorenz Milton Hart
The Lady Is A Tramp by Lorenz Milton Hart
Manhattan by Lorenz Milton Hart
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World by Lorenz Milton Hart
Mountain Greenery by Lorenz Milton Hart
Colenso Rhymes For Orthodox Children by Francis Bret Harte
Plain Language From Truthful James by Francis Bret Harte
Schemmelfennig by Francis Bret Harte
The Society Upon The Stanislaus by Francis Bret Harte
The Pledge At Spunky Point by John Milton Hay
The Dover Bitch; A Criticism Of Life by Anthony Hecht
Firmness by Anthony Hecht
From The Grove Press by Anthony Hecht
Improvisations On Aesop by Anthony Hecht
Vice by Anthony Hecht
Good And Bad Luck by Heinrich Heine
The Ernest Liberal's Lament by Ernest Hemingway
Neo-thomist Poem by Ernest Hemingway
Valentine; For Lee Wilson Dodd And Any Of His Friends by Ernest Hemingway
Eve (2) by Oliver Brook Herford
Moo! by Robert Silliman Hillyer
Three Found Poems: 1. Distinquishing Rhu From Chu by George Parks Hitchcock
Three Found Poems: 2. The Call Of The Eastern Quail by George Parks Hitchcock
Three Found Poems: 3. What To Say To The Pasha by George Parks Hitchcock
Love-songs, At Once Tender And Informative by Samuel Hoffenstein
Appearance And Reality by John Hollander
Heliogabalus by John Hollander
Historical Reflections by John Hollander
Last Words by John Hollander
No Foundation by John Hollander
To The Lady Portrayed By Margaret Dumont by John Hollander
Aestivation by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Deacon's Masterpiece by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Height Of The Ridiculous by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ode For A Social Meeting by Oliver Wendell Holmes
A Sea Dialogue by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Battle Of The Kegs by Francis Hopkinson
New Fashions by George Moses Horton
Snaps For Dinner, Snaps For Breakfast, And Snaps For Supper by George Moses Horton
Barney Mcgee by Richard Hovey
Eleazar Wheelock by Richard Hovey
Bad Morning by James Langston Hughes
Ennui by James Langston Hughes
Hope by James Langston Hughes
Little Lyric (of Great Importance) by James Langston Hughes
Situation by James Langston Hughes
Wake by James Langston Hughes
What? by James Langston Hughes
The Constant Cannibal Maiden by Wallace Irwin
The Blind Sheep by Randall Jarrell
In A Prominent Bar In Secaucus One Day by X. J. Kennedy
Japanese Beetles (1) by X. J. Kennedy
Japanese Beetles (10). To A Young Poet by X. J. Kennedy
Japanese Beetles (2) by X. J. Kennedy
Japanese Beetles (4). Parody: Herrick by X. J. Kennedy
Japanese Beetles (5). The Minotaur's Advice by X. J. Kennedy
Japanese Beetles (7). Translator by X. J. Kennedy
Japanese Beetles (8). To A Now-type Poet by X. J. Kennedy
Japanese Beetles (9). At A Sale Of A Manuscript by X. J. Kennedy
Last Lines: 1. From The Greek Anthology by X. J. Kennedy
Last Lines: 2. On A Boxer by X. J. Kennedy
Last Lines: 3. On A Wrestler by X. J. Kennedy
Last Lines: 4. Teutonic Scholar by X. J. Kennedy
Last Lines: 5 by X. J. Kennedy
To My Cousin Mary, For Mending My Tobacco Pouch by Francis Scott Key
Written At The White Sulphur Springs by Francis Scott Key
The Cultured Girl Again by Benjamin Franklin King
The Hair-tonic Bottle by Benjamin Franklin King
If I Should Die Tonight by Benjamin Franklin King
The Mermaid by Benjamin Franklin King
The Pessimist by Benjamin Franklin King
Breakfast Song In Time Of Diet by Stoddard King
The Difference by Stoddard King
Hearth And Home by Stoddard King
One To Nothing by Carolyn ...

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