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Original Text
Enough Rope: Poems by Dorothy Parker (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926): 55. PS 3531 A5855E5 Robarts Library
1Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
2A medley of extemporanea;
3And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
Notes
4] Marie of Roumania: Marie Alexandra Victoria (1875-1938), born in Kent, England, the daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and the former Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She married Ferdinand of Romania in 1893, became Queen of the Romanians in 1914, and served as a nurse in World War I. They had six children. In November 1927 Marie made a triumphant tour of the United States, cut short because she had to return home for her dying husband. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1925
Publication Notes
New York World (Aug. 16, 1925): V-3.
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 1999.
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