Thomas Carlyle

Dorothy Parker

Carlyle combined the lit’ry life
With throwing teacups at his wife,
Remarking, rather testily,
“Oh, stop your dodging, Mrs. C.!”

Next 10 Poems

• Dorothy Parker : Thought For A Sunshiny Morning
• Dorothy Parker : Threnody
• Dorothy Parker : To A Much Too Unfortunate Lady
• Dorothy Parker : To Newcastle
• Dorothy Parker : Tombstones In The Starlight
• Dorothy Parker : Transition
• Dorothy Parker : Two-volume Novel
• Dorothy Parker : Ultimatum
• Dorothy Parker : Unfortunate Coincidence
• Dorothy Parker : Vers Demode

Previous 10 Poems

• Dorothy Parker : They Part
• Dorothy Parker : There Was One
• Dorothy Parker : Theory
• Dorothy Parker : The Willow
• Dorothy Parker : The White Lady
• Dorothy Parker : The Whistling Girl
• Dorothy Parker : The Veteran
• Dorothy Parker : The Trusting Heart
• Dorothy Parker : The Trifler
• Dorothy Parker : The Thin Edge