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Satyric,and a whale of a tail in perverse form.  \nSo begins this volume of limericks,both moraland immoral,by one of America's  \nmost distinguished poets and men of letters.Among the many objects of Mr.Aiken's  \ndelectable wit are sex,liquor,science,medicine,and philosophy.Among the many  \ncharacters caught(and compromised)in thebrilliant flash of his humor are:a much-travelled wench from Virginia,a scion of Boston society,and alovely Greek maiden named Clytie.  \nEach of these fifty limericks or “lime rickeys,”as Mr.Aiken calls them,have beenepitomized in illustrations by Milton Glaser.  \ncontinued on backe flap  \n1064  \n6  \n8  \n9  \n10  \n16  17  181920  \n26  27  282930  \n36  \n39  \n37  \n40  \n38  \n46  47  48  49  \n50  \n熟  \n手  \nYensacola Junior CollegeLibrary  \nA SEIZURE OF LIMERICKS  \nY1010  \n# CONRADAIKEN\n\nSEIZUREOFLIMERICKS  \n1  \nDesigner:Milton Glaser80190-0214Printed in the United States of America  \nCopyright ◎1963,1964 by Conrad Aiken  \nAll rights reserved,including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.  \nPublished simultaneously in Canada by Holt,Rinehart and Winston of Canada,Limited.  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number:64-21924  \nFirst Edition  \nFourteen of the limericks in this volume were first published in Horizon.  \n 3  \n1 The limerick's,admitted,a verse form:  \n2 There once was a wicked young minister3 Said a dreadfully literate cat4 Said a scion of Boston society  \n5 There was an old micky named Cassidy6 Quoth a cow in the marshes of Glynn7 It's time to make love:douse the glim.8 Said Isolde to Tristan,how curious!9 Said the Reverend S.McCord Crothers,10 I'm bored,said a right-angled triangle.11 Said a lovely Greek maiden named Clytie12 Farewell to the dear days of Genesis.13 Said a point being approached by a locus:14 Tired of the quarrel with self I15 A giddy young lass of Sesuit16 One umbilical cord to another:17 I'm an aesthete,I don't wash my neck.18 Said an Ogre from old Saratoga19 Whether or not said by old Thoreau20 I don't give a hoot said a particle  \n21 Said a much-travelled wench from Virginia22 A delectable gal from Augusta23 Animula vagula blandula,  \nCONTENTS  \n24 Said the God-maker Judas Iscariot  \n25 Neighed an oyster-fed stallion from Whitstable26 Nan,Saw,and Paw,of Setucket,27 Great archers and hitters of bull's-eyes,28 What is truth said the cynical Pilate29 Pm the lion of Babylon town  \n30 Said a gal who disdained Willimantic31 There once was a wonderful wizard32 Amuch-too-plump damsel of Chatham33 An uxorious female named Emily34 With the critical Randall Jarrell35 Sighed a dear little shipboard divinity36 Said a curve I'm becoming hysterical37 Pm a water-witch moistly incurable38 Said a cool little miss from Schenectady39 A buttocky beauty named Bella40 Said a Parisienne of the highlife41 The movie star queen Theda Bara  \n42 Said a French maiden Je suis trop tendre43 On the deck of a ship called the Masm44 Said an Eskimo missie named Big Loo45 Murmured saty-saint George Santayana46 Said a ruined old roue of Barnstable47 Said old Father WilliamI'm humble48 If you've got enough cash to see Venice on49 Don't put too much trust in that cortisone50 Mourned a limerick written by Aiken  \n22Q  \nFor Hy Sobiloffa very small quidfor a very large quo.","cbCaiuyh9m1Wgi9P","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuyh9m1Wgi9P","pdf",1396673,64,"English","# Contents\n## List of limericks (1-50)","[{\"question\":\"What kind of verse form does the book introduce at the start?\",\"answer\":\"It introduces the limerick as a terse, satyric verse form that can be curse-like and hearse-like in tone.\"},{\"question\":\"Which themes are highlighted in the collection?\",\"answer\":\"The text highlights themes such as sex, liquor, science, medicine, and philosophy.\"},{\"question\":\"Who provides the illustrations for the limericks?\",\"answer\":\"The limericks are said to have been epitomized in illustrations by Milton Glaser.\"}]","A Seizure of 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