Potential Titles: Oliver Herford

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Who delight in the dance of a darling Bacchante - Oliver Herford "An Alphabet of Celebrities"

Who pours out his soul through the bagpipes - Oliver Herford "An Alphabet of Celebrities"

In an ecstasy past all control - Oliver Herford "An Alphabet of Celebrities"

Though secretly longing to join the diversion - Oliver Herford "An Alphabet of Celebrities"

All with the same end in view - Oliver Herford "An Alphabet of Celebrities"

And frightening the army of Xerxes away - Oliver Herford "An Alphabet of Celebrities"

A precious pearl that will not leave the oyster - Oliver Herford "The Bachelor Girl"

A proud sweet-pea that scorns to be a vine - Oliver Herford "The Bachelor Girl"

We drink confusion to your plan - Oliver Herford "The Bachelor Girl"

Two natures in perpetual strife - Oliver Herford "The Centaur"

Against three angry Heads prevail - Oliver Herford "Cerberus"

That Hell won't bear investigating - Oliver Herford "Charles W. Eliot"

We find a lion and a snake combined - Oliver Herford "The Chimera"

Such warning might have saved your life - Oliver Herford "The Cockatrice"

And Suitors more than she could count - Oliver Herford "A Corner in Curls"

And would not share the smallest atom of her Heart - Oliver Herford "A Corner in Curls"

And clamored madly at the door - Oliver Herford "A Corner in Curls"

To keep your head and save my Pride - Oliver Herford "A Corner in Curls"

A cheer rose from a Thousand Throats - Oliver Herford "A Corner in Curls"

At last the fatal morning came - Oliver Herford "A Corner in Curls"

And baits his hook with tender wishes - Oliver Herford "Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke: February, Pisces: The Fishes"

The Bears of Winter now are on the run - Oliver Herford "Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke: April, Taurus: The Bull"

Who sits on August's throne - Oliver Herford "Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke: August, Virgo: The Virgin"

And holds her court beside the laughing sea - Oliver Herford "Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke: August, Virgo: The Virgin"

The Scorpion, when hemmed in by Fire - Oliver Herford "Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke: October, Scorpio: The Scorpion"

Upon her pyre of maples fanned to flame - Oliver Herford "Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke: October, Scorpio: The Scorpion"

Winged with the memories of Summer days - Oliver Herford "Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke: November, Sagittarius: The Archer"

The Kitten, deaf to Duty's call - Oliver Herford "Education"

The scorn of Mouse and Bird and Boy - Oliver Herford "Education"

Thought him all her Fancy Painted - Oliver Herford "The Fairy Godmother-in-Law I: The Wedding"

No spell her pleasure blighted - Oliver Herford "The Fairy Godmother-in-Law I: The Wedding"

Take refuge in the deep Thesaurus - Oliver Herford "The Fairy Godmother-in-Law IV: The Ball"

Mixture of Mephistopheles, Don Quixote, and Diogenes - Oliver Herford "George Bernard Shaw"

Joined to the Cynic's arrogance - Oliver Herford "George Bernard Shaw"

Framed on Pythagorean plan - Oliver Herford "George Bernard Shaw"

To catch the fluttering Bird of Night - Oliver Herford "The Golden Cat"

To represent impatience on a monument - Oliver Herford "The Gryphon"

Who wear feathers when dressed up to kill - Oliver Herford "The Harpy"

Upset your darts in Lethe's river - Oliver Herford "The Heart of Ice"

A heart your have been stealing - Oliver Herford "The Heart of Ice"

Mistook him for the midnight sun - Oliver Herford "Henrik Ibsen"

Excel his boasted Strength and Speed - Oliver Herford "How the Lion Became King"

For Strength I'd back my claws alone - Oliver Herford "How the Lion Became King"

With the fastidious Bee compare - Oliver Herford "How the Lion Became King"

Work his will, and bow before his rod of iron - Oliver Herford "How the Lion Became King"

And kept thenceforth the crown conferred - Oliver Herford "How the Lion Became King"

Who has a thousand heads at least - Oliver Herford "The Hydra"

Blinded by fierce calcium rays - Oliver Herford "The Hydra"

To soothe the savage Hydra's breast - Oliver Herford "The Hydra"

Fall 'neath the hissing Hydra's hate - Oliver Herford "The Hydra"

Ready to spring with fearful roar - Oliver Herford "In Darkest Africa"

Umbrellas fold their wings and sleep - Oliver Herford "In Darkest Africa"

They nailed the Colosseum down - Oliver Herford "J. Pierpont Morgan"

A thing of Vapor, Fume and Glare - Oliver Herford "The Jinn"

The wand of Science now obey - Oliver Herford "The Jinn"

In pink velours and pea green checks - Oliver Herford "John S. Sargent"

With a time-honoured craft to make free - Oliver Herford "A Little Book of Bores"

Whose works are depressing and eerie - Oliver Herford "A Little Book of Bores"

I'm afraid I can't answer your query - Oliver Herford "A Little Book of Bores"

Who loves free advice to extend - Oliver Herford "A Little Book of Bores"

When the Opportune Moment shall come - Oliver Herford "A Little Book of Bores"

Naught but a second-hand dealer in Light - Oliver Herford "A Little Book of Bores"

That head of curling snakes to dress - Oliver Herford "Medusa"

We've drunk to everything we know - Oliver Herford "Mephisto"

One more Toast before we go - Oliver Herford "Mephisto"

Mephisto never yet was caught beneath false colors - Oliver Herford "Mephisto"

A world from all temptation free - Oliver Herford "Mephisto"

To pawn his soul the sinner goes - Oliver Herford "Mephisto"

Yet when Mephisto would foreclose - Oliver Herford "Mephisto"

So let us toast our Foe of Foes - Oliver Herford "Mephisto"

All night she dreams in ocean caves - Oliver Herford "The Mermaid"

Who is it then that bites the Moon? - Oliver Herford "The Moon"

Who often soared to heights sublime - Oliver Herford "Pegasus"

Out of airy Nothing to invoke - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

To resist the stroke of unpermitted Paw - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

A Rodent to the Realms of Death address'd - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

The Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

Nor shall it break my sleep - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

Impotent glimpses of the Game displayed - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

And Wrath consume me quite - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

Must down the memory of that Insolence - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

This was all the Harvest that I reaped - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

We come like Kittens, and like Cats we go - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

As a Stone Cat should heed a Pebble cast - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

A moving Show of whirling Shadow Shapes - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

Thro' Moon illumined Darkness hurled - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

Enfold it nearer to our Heart's Desire - Oliver Herford "The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten"

Heavy with padlocks, bolts, and cording - Oliver Herford "Rudyard Kipling"

Where Untold Treasures hidden rest - Oliver Herford "Rudyard Kipling"

Made his bed among the glowing embers - Oliver Herford "The Salamander"

Having all Man's faults combined - Oliver Herford "The Satyr"

Although the gate slammed quickly to - Oliver Herford "The Satyr"

When one may be so Famous a Nonentity - Oliver Herford "The Sea Serpent"

A voice that drives the hearer mad - Oliver Herford "The Siren"

Now Time the harvester surveys - Oliver Herford "The Smoker's Year Book: January"

His sorry crops of yesterdays - Oliver Herford "The Smoker's Year Book: January"

Of trampled hopes and reaped regrets - Oliver Herford "The Smoker's Year Book: January"

A cross between a Jester and a Libertine - Oliver Herford "The Smoker's Year Book: March"

No blast from Heaven can destroy - Oliver Herford "The Smoker's Year Book: March"

Turns and plays the deuce with Spring - Oliver Herford "The Smoker's Year Book: April"

Wafting scented wreaths of love - Oliver Herford "The Smoker's Year Book: May"

Red with summer's ashes strewn - Oliver Herford "The Smoker's Year Book: September"

Same old Hard Luck tales to tell - Oliver Herford "The Smoker's Year Book: November"

Riddles she asked of all she met - Oliver Herford "The Sphinx"

That Gift of Gold to him denied - Oliver Herford "To My Toy Canary"

Play and sing to Birds alone - Oliver Herford "The Wakeful Princess"

And twisted roots his steps betray - Oliver Herford "The Wakeful Princess"

A spell that forced him to obey - Oliver Herford "The Wakeful Princess"

Like good Saint Francis scatters crumbs of Hope - Oliver Herford "William Dean Howells"

Must to the giver come again - Oliver Herford "William Dean Howells"


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