LIMERICKS

TEXT AND PICTURES BY OLIVER HERFORD

Limerick: The Eternal Feminine

THE ETERNAL FEMININE

SAID the spider, in tones of distress:
“As a spinster I’m not a success.
Though I toil and I spin
And I work myself thin,
I never can have a new dress.”

Limerick: Tra-La-Larceny

TRA-LA-LARCENY

A HEATHEN named Min, passing by
A pie-shop, picked up a mince-pie.
If you think Min a thief,
Pray dismiss the belief:
The mince-pie that Min spied was Min’s pie.

THE DE VINNE PRESS, NEW YORK