GALSWORTHY'S DOGGEREL
Mr. R. John Calsworthy had written some doggerel verses in his own handwriting on the title-pago of a first edition of his plays, which was given as a prize to the winner of the " luck dip " at a bsill in London. Tho verses were as follow: — .Who wins the prize has work cut out. The volume'is so very stout; Indeed it will take him/her many days To read these twenty-seven plays. But then he/she need not take tho thing Au serieux, but have a_ fling, Preßent the object to his/her Ma Or leave it in a motor-car.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21314, 15 October 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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99GALSWORTHY'S DOGGEREL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21314, 15 October 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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