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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PREFACE, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poet's Biography
First Line: The reason why this book is verse / (and nothing, I admit, is worse)
Last Line: Just take the beastly book, and burn it.
Subject(s): Comedy; Jokes
First Line: The reason why this book is verse / (and nothing, I admit, is worse)
Last Line: Just take the beastly book, and burn it.
Subject(s): Comedy; Jokes
THE reason why this book is verse
(and nothing, I admit, is worse)
is that, as every schoolboy knows,
it takes much longer to write prose.
P.S.
If someone tries to make you learn it,
just take the beastly book, and burn it.
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