Franklin Pierce Adams Poems on Life (3 Poems)

Erring In Company (Franklin Pierce Adams Poems)

(“If I have erred I err in company with AbrahamLincoln.”–THEODORE ROOSEVELT.) If e’er my rhyming be at fault, If e’er I chance to scribble dope,If that my metre ever halt, I err in company with Pope. An that my grammar … Continue reading →

Occasionally (Franklin Pierce Adams Poems)

Now and then there’s a couple whose conjugal life Is happy as happy can be;Now and then there’s a man who believes that his wife Is the One Unsurpassable She;There are doubtless in England a great many folks Whose humour … Continue reading →

To Be Quite Frank (Franklin Pierce Adams Poems)

IN CHLORIN Horace: Book III, Ode 15. “_Uxor pauperis Ibyci_–” Your conduct, naughty Chloris, isNot just exactly Horace’s Ideal of a lady At the shady Time of life;You mustn’t throw your soul awayOn foolishness, like Pholoe– Her days are folly-laden– … Continue reading →