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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CRITIC, by S. F. BATCHELDER First Line: Are you a lampoon man? Not really! Last Line: And praises the harvard lampoon. Subject(s): Harvard Lampoon, The (periodical) | |||
"ARE you a LAMPOON man? Not really! Oh, dear, though, I know you must be! That's why you've been smiling so queerly -- My goodness, you're studying me! Now, what have I said that is funny? And oh, will you publish it soon?" 'Tis thus, with a voice sweet as honey, She mentions the HARVARD LAMPOON. "Indeed, yes, I see it quite often, The pictures are simply inane; The verses and jokes -- they would soften An average Vassar girl's brain. Of course they are killingly comic; I laugh, but I feel like a loon!" And thus, with a fierceness atomic, She censures the HARVARD LAMPOON. "But then they are bright, I don't doubt them, And very artistic, of course! Outsiders don't know all about them, You have to explain the -- the -- 'horse.' Do send me that sweet book of 'pickings,' I hear you will publish in June." And thus she gives over her flickings, And praises the HARVARD LAMPOON. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VERSES READ AT A PHI BETA KAPPA DINNER by GEORGE SANTAYANA A WINTER'S NIGHT by ROBERT FROST THE LONG WHITE SEAM by JEAN INGELOW THE MEETING OF THE WATERS by THOMAS MOORE MY MOTHER'S BIBLE by GEORGE POPE MORRIS |
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