Modest Wit
By Selleck Osborne · Running time 00:27:22 · Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Audio streams directly from the Internet Archive. Recording by LibriVox volunteers (public domain). The text is in the public domain in the USA; please check the copyright laws of your country.
About this book
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Modest Wit by Selleck Osborne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 23, 2025. ------ We present a silly poem, with a "gotcha-type" ending. This Fortnightly poem is taken from Poems that every child should know; a selection of the best poems of all times for young people (1904) edited by Mary E. Burt. - Summary by David Lawrence
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