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American

Oliver Herford

1863–1935

Oliver Herford (1863–1935) was an English-born American humorist, illustrator and writer of light verse.

He wrote and drew many small books of whimsy, such as The Bashful Earthquake (1898).

Major Works (1)

  1. The Fairy Godmother-in-Law — Narrative poem, 1905

Poems (200)

  1. Earth
  2. The Elf and the Dormouse
  3. The Audacious Kitten
  4. The Artful Ant
  5. The Gifted Ant
  6. The Deceitful Dormice
  7. Nature and Art
  8. The Geometrical Giraffe
  9. The Early Owl
  10. A Dark Career
  11. A Packet of Letters
  12. The Naughty Fay
  13. The Miller’s Quest
  14. Nell’s Fairy Tale
  15. The Unfortunate Giraffe
  16. Stockings or Scales
  17. A Riddle
  18. The First Rose of Summer
  19. The Crocodile
  20. The Birds’ Farewell
  21. The Spider’s Tale
  22. Highly Connected
  23. The Miser Elf
  24. The Point of View
  25. Heroes
  26. A Belated Violet
  27. The Elf and the Bee
  28. A Fable
  29. The Fairies’ Concert
  30. The Bashful Earthquake
  31. The Lovesick Scarecrow
  32. The Music of the Future
  33. Song
  34. The Doorless Wolf
  35. The Bold Bad Butterfly
  36. Crumbs
  37. Japanesque
  38. The Difference
  39. Why Ye Blossome Cometh Before Ye Leafe
  40. The First First of April
  41. The Epigrammatist
  42. The Silver Lining
  43. The Boastful Butterfly
  44. The Three Wishes
  45. Truth
  46. The Tragic Mice
  47. Absence of Mind
  48. The Graduate
  49. The Poet’s Proposal
  50. The Snail’s Dream
  51. A Christmas Legend
  52. Hyde and Seeke
  53. In the Café
  54. The Legend of the Lily
  55. The Untutored Giraffe
  56. The Enchanted Wood
  57. A Bunny Romance
  58. The Flower Circus
  59. The Fatuous Flower
  60. A Love Story
  61. Ye Knyghte-Mare
  62. Metaphysics
  63. The Princess That Was n’t
  64. The Lion’s Tour
  65. The Fugitive Thought
  66. The Cussed Damozel
  67. A Gas-Log Reverie
  68. Cupid’s Fault
  69. All Aboard
  70. Killing Time
  71. The Mermaid Club
  72. A Song
  73. Angel’s Toys
  74. The Reformed Tigress
  75. Two Ladies
  76. To the Wolf at the Door
  77. The Fall of J. W. Beane
  78. The Charm That Failed
  79. The Silver Question
  80. How the Lion Became King
  81. The Wakeful Princess
  82. The Heart of Ice
  83. The Judgment of Bishop Valentine
  84. The Bachelor Girl
  85. Mephisto
  86. A Corner in Curls
  87. The Hydrant-Headed Monster
  88. To My Toy Canary
  89. The Hand of Time
  90. Envoi
  91. Tell-Tale
  92. Gossip
  93. A Hopeless Case
  94. The Fall of the Rose
  95. Scandal
  96. The Quarrel
  97. A Butterfly of Fashion
  98. The Missing Link
  99. Lèse Majesté
  100. Winter and Summer
  101. Rain
  102. The Shadow Kitten
  103. Education
  104. A Thought
  105. The Lion
  106. The Milk Jug
  107. Happy Thought
  108. Kitten's Night Thought
  109. The Puncture
  110. Good and Bad Kittens
  111. Anticipation
  112. Foreign Kittens
  113. The Joy Ride
  114. Facilis Ascensus
  115. The Whole Duty of Kittens
  116. The Outing
  117. The Puppy
  118. The Moon
  119. The Golden Cat
  120. An Inquiry
  121. The Kitten's Fancy
  122. In Darkest Africa
  123. The Dog
  124. The Game
  125. Medusa
  126. The Siren
  127. The Dolphin
  128. The Cockatrice
  129. Cerberus
  130. The Sphinx
  131. The Sea Serpent
  132. The Salamander
  133. The Jinn
  134. The Mermaid
  135. The Unicorn
  136. The Satyr
  137. The Gargoyle
  138. The Chimera
  139. The Phœnix
  140. The Gryphon
  141. The Harpy
  142. The Centaur
  143. Pegasus
  144. The Hydra
  145. The Hyppogriff
  146. The Minotaur
  147. Willy Nilly
  148. Here lies Bill
  149. Tears, Idle Tears
  150. Pax
  151. Requiescat
  152. Ashes to Ashes
  153. The Wedding Feast
  154. A Mujik
  155. The Cossack
  156. The Three S’s
  157. The Air Raid
  158. Vale Diabole
  159. The Wrong Floor
  160. Marching to Berlin
  161. Target Practice
  162. The Sausage Balloon
  163. Concerning the Crown Prince
  164. Camouflage
  165. The Tank
  166. The Bird-Man
  167. Frenzylogical Chart
  168. Britannia Salvatrix
  169. Father Wilhelm
  170. The Touching Ballad of General Von Beers
  171. The Rubaiyat of Billi Kaisam
  172. War Relief
  173. Summer Mass
  174. J. M. Barrie
  175. The Horse
  176. The Town Cat
  177. Towser
  178. The Oyster
  179. The Turtle
  180. Michael O’leary
  181. Clorinda
  182. Alcibiades J. Skinner
  183. Eve
  184. The Highbrow Hen
  185. Sir Ippykin
  186. The Psychology Cop
  187. Phyllis Lee
  188. Mrs. Seymour Fentolin
  189. The Devil Among the Ladies
  190. Spring
  191. The Catfish
  192. The Prodigal Centipede
  193. A Ballade of Black Socks
  194. The Gentlemen of Letters
  195. The Women of the Better Class
  196. Mark Twain
  197. Prince Pompom
  198. The Serial
  199. The Mon-Goos
  200. A Seal

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