Humorous Poems of the Century

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Excerpt from Humorous Poems of the Century: Edited, With Biographical Notes Selection of comic poetry works against serious odds. Nearly every lover of the humorous has his own pet piece. For this piece he will look first. If he find it he will be tolerant to the book containing it: if he miss it his sympathy will be straightway and irretrievably lost. Of course I have to lay my account with such strong pre dilections, and I shall be happy if I have not outraged too many of them. It has been one of my aims to include the humorous poems of poets who are not chie¿y remarkable for humour. I trust I have included nothing that is bad, but I will not be so rash as to hope that I have included everything that is good. My space is narrow, my plan is bounded by many limitations, and among my hampering difficulties is that of atoning for coming latest by being perhaps the freshest of my rather numerous clan. Much of this volume is still copyright, and for the courtesy of copyright holders - authors and publishers return my own, my editor's, and my publisher's best thanks. But if, notwithstanding some care and industry, I have included any copyright piece without the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.