THE PARENTChildren aren’t with nothing to ignore,And that’s what parents were created for.РОДИТЕЛЯМ.Деток родители помнить должны.Детки для этого и рождены.REFLECTI ON BABIESA bit of talcumIs always walc...

Once upon a time there was an Italian,And some people thought he was a rapscallion,But he wasn't offended,Because other people thought he was splendid,And he said the world was round,And everybody made an uncomplimentary sound,But...

WEDDING WHISSTLEThough you know it anyhowListen to me, darling, now,Proving what I need not proveHow I know I lave you, love.Near and far, near and far,I am happy where you are;Likewise, I have never learntH...

CITY GREENERYIf you happen after darkTo find yourself in Central Park,Ignore the paths that beckon youAnd hurry, hurry to zoo,And creep into the tiger’s lair.Frankly, you’ll be safer there,OGDEN NASH ОГД...

THE KISS.“I saw you take his kiss!” “‘T is true.”“O modesty!” “‘T was strictly kept:He thought me asleep: at least, I knewHe thought I thought he thought I slept.”(Coventry Patmore )“Я видел, он поцеловал”!...

______________________________________199 По каналам свежих червоточинВ сердцевине яблока раздора,В месиве крахмала, без обочинБьётся тело жирного затора,А машины в глянцевом хитине –В крапину родимую Вальхаллы…...

They spoke of Progress spring round.Of Light and Mrs. Humphry Ward-It is not true to say I frowned.Or ran about the room and roared;I might have simply sat and snored-I rose politely in the clubAnd said, " I feed a little...

BETWEEN BIRTHDAYMy birthday so long to start,They come along a year apart.It’s worse than waiting for a bus;I fear I used to fret and fuse,But now, when by impatience vexedBetween one birthday and the next,I think of all th...

Werther had a love CharlotteSuch as words could never utter;Would you know first he met her?She was cutting bread and butter.Charlotte was a married lady,And a moral man was Werther.And for all the wealth of Indies,Would do...

The Microbe is so very smallYou cannot make him out at all.But many sanguine people hopeTo see him through a microscope.His jointed tongue that lies beneathA hundred curious rows of teeth;His seven tufted tails with lotsOf...