Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO 'PUNCH', by ANONYMOUS


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TO 'PUNCH', by                    
First Line: Most dauntless journal! You who are
Last Line: To laugh when (needed) at themselves!
Subject(s): Punch (periodical)


Most dauntless journal! You who are
Your country's keenest shaft of wit,
Despite the bitterness of war
You gallantly do not permit
Your words to pass the bounds of taste
But cleanly-mouthed and sober-faced,
This above all, you dare to do
To laugh at British foibles, too!

Perchance when history is writ,
The bulky volumes on the shelves
Will thus record the end of it:
The English won: They had the grit
To laugh when (needed) at themselves!





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