Oliver Herford. Truth. Fuess and Stearns, comps. 1922. The Little Book of Society Verse

Fuess and Stearns, comps. The Little Book of Society Verse. 1922.

Truth

By Oliver Herford


PERMIT me, Madame, to declare
That I never will compare
Eyes of yours to starlight cold,
Or your locks to sunlight’s gold,
Or your lips, I’d have you know,	5
To the crimson Jacqueminot.

Stuff like that’s all very fine
When you get so much a line;
Since I don’t, I scorn to tell
Flattering lies. I like too well	10
Sun and stars and Jacqueminot
To flatter them, I’d have you know.