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Dorothy Parker

Lady, lady, should you meet
One whose ways are all discreet,
One who murmurs that his wife
Is the lodestar of his life,
One who keeps assuring you
That he never was untrue,
Never loved another one . . .
  Lady, lady, better run!

Next 10 Poems

• Dorothy Parker : Solace
• Dorothy Parker : Somebody's Song
• Dorothy Parker : Song In A Minor Key
• Dorothy Parker : Song Of One Of The Girls
• Dorothy Parker : Song Of Perfect Propriety
• Dorothy Parker : Sonnet For The End Of A Sequence
• Dorothy Parker : Sonnet On An Alpine Night
• Dorothy Parker : Star Light, Star Bright-
• Dorothy Parker : Story
• Dorothy Parker : Story Of Mrs. W-

Previous 10 Poems

• Dorothy Parker : Sight
• Dorothy Parker : Second Love
• Dorothy Parker : Sanctuary
• Dorothy Parker : Salome's Dancing-lesson
• Dorothy Parker : Roundel
• Dorothy Parker : Rondeau Redouble
• Dorothy Parker : Rhyme Against Living
• Dorothy Parker : Reuben's Children
• Dorothy Parker : Resume
• Dorothy Parker : Requiescat