PRELIMINARY REBUKE
Don't shoot the pianist; he's doing his best.
Gesundheit! Knockers! have your Fling!
Unto an Anvilfest you're bid;
It took a Lot of Hammering,
To build Old Cheops' Pyramid!
Ventures Into Verse / Being various ballads, ballades, rondeaux, triolets, songs, quatrains, odes and roundels, all rescued from the potters' field of old files and here given decent burial
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About This Book
A compact collection of short lyric and narrative poems in a range of traditional forms—ballads, rondeaux, triolets, quatrains, odes, and roundels—blending satire, humor, and reflection. Many pieces evoke seafaring and martial scenes, while others focus on city life, love, faith, and social manners. The volume alternates formal experiments and light imitations with original verse, using narrative sketches, ironic commentary, and playful rhyme to probe human folly, courage, and everyday observation.