Classic Poem

Anthony W. Euwer, in " The Limeratomy, " deplores the fact that onr greatest poets lid not make use of the Limerick form of verse. We endeavor to supply the omission, in part.

I — HOW HOMER SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THE ILLIAD

There was a young man named Achilles
Whose wrongs always gave him the willies;
— So he sulked in his tent
— Like a half-witted gent —
Say, wasn't them heroes the sillies?

II — SHAKESPEARE MIGHT HAVE BOILED OTHELLO

There once was a guy named Othello,
A dark, disagreeable fellow;
— After croaking his wife,
— Then he took his own life —
That bird wasn't black, he was yellow!

III — THE RUBAIYAT

" A jug and a book and a dame,
And a nice shady nook for the same, "
— Said Omar Khayyam,
— " And I don't give a darn
What you say, it's a great little game! "

IV — " TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS "

" Lucasta, " said Terence O'Connor,
" I'm drafted — I guess I'm a goner!
— I know it will grieve you
— To death, when I leave you —
But gosh! how I'm stuck on my honor! "

V — SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY

I dropped my wad
Cornering cotton. Then
I died.
Now, I guess I'm forgotten.
Well, that swell
Epitaph that I've got
Makes me laugh.
When I lived
I was certainly rotten!