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Born in August 22, 1893 / Died in January 7, 1967 / United States / English

Poems by Dorothy Parker

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Purposely Ungrammatical Love Song

... There's mourning hearts for my heart isThere's honester eyes than your blue eyes, ...

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Recurrence

... Trace the dripping, pierced heart, ...

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Renunciation

... Languorous-lidded Helen hadEyes more blue than e'er the sky was ...

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Requiescat

... Where none may see and none shall pass ...

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Roundel

... What fostered charms with virtue could compare ...

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Salome's Dancing-Lesson

... (Step and turn! Step and turn!)Veils are woven to be dropped ...

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Sanctuary

... The clouds are low along the ridges, ...

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Sight

... Oh, better far their gaze were hidden ...

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Social Note

... One whose ways are all discreet, ...

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Somebody's Song

... Swift the measured sands may run ...

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Song Of One Of The Girls

... I'm Judith, and Jael, and Madame de Stael ...

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Sonnet On An Alpine Night

... Begging the brambles that her robe had passed, ...

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Story

... I hope Her mother washed her mouth with soap ...

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Summary

... That's the measure of my lore- ...

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Surprise

... That one shall weep, and one shall stray ...