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DANISH WIT by JOHN HOLLANDER

First Line: HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY %FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Last Line: SOMETHING IS GROTON IN %DENMARK, AT LEAST
Subject(s): ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO (1882-1945);

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON BOOK OF LIGHT VERSE.
  BAKER, RUSSELL (ED.)
  (1986)
 
JIGGERY-POKERY; A COMPENDIUM OF DOUBLE DACTYLS.
  HECHT, ANTHONY, & HOLLANDER, JOHN (EDS.)
  (1983)
 



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