| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Sonnetina: Punch and Judy | | By Ernest Rhys |
| | | THIS is the play of plays. Come, boys, | |
| Old men, and little girls, and see | |
| The rogue outdone in roguery, | |
| And hear his lovely dreadful noise! | |
| There is a catch in Punch’s voice | 5 |
| When he escapes the gallows-tree, | |
| That takes the heart outrageously | |
| And makes the rascal street rejoice. | |
| This is that antic play that made | |
| The mummy laugh (when he had blood), | 10 |
| That shall outlive the tragedy | |
| In time of war with sables played: | |
| The beggar’s masque, and gamin’s mood; | |
| The first, last laugh of comedy. | | | | |
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