I've been thinking of posting this as a new thread, but since Worse Verse came up again I might as well put it here. At an antique show recently I purchased a poetry anthology from 1960: Poetry for Pleasure, The Hallmark Book of Poetry (a commendable collection of good and hard-to-find work, don't let the "Hallmark" throw you). But in the section entitled, The Humor Sampler, Poets at Play I was aghast to find this little specimen by none other than A. E. Housman, of all people! I'm no PC Prude, but this just goes to show you how times have changed:
WHEN ADAM DAY BY DAY
by A. E. Houseman
When Adan day by day
Woke up in Paradise,
He always used to say
"Oh, this is very nice."
But Eve from scenes of bliss
Transported him for life.
The more I think of this
The more I beat my wife.
(my note: Ouch!...can you say that?)
