Living
The Re-echo Club: as by Austin Dobson (Christmas)
From The Re-echo Club
Living
When she gave me cigars (!)
I smiled at the present.
Her eyes were like stars
When she gave me cigars.
(I can stand sudden jars.)
So I looked very pleasant
When she gave me cigars (!)
I smiled at the present.
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Codex Note
A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of Austin Dobson as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Christmas).
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Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Austin Dobson (Christmas).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/303/.
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Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Austin Dobson (Christmas).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/303/.
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