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'Look who's here!
Do come and help us fiddle while Rome burns!'

— William Plomer The Dorking Thigh, and Other Satires (1945)

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On a sofa upholstered in panther skin
Mona did researches in original sin.

Collected Poems (1960)

Out of that bungled, unwise war
An alp of unforgiveness grew.

Collected Poems (1960)

With first-rate sherry flowing into second-rate whores,
And third-rate conversation without one single pause:
Just like a young couple
Between the wars.

The Dorking Thigh, and Other Satires (1945)

So never say to D'Arcy, 'Be your age!' —
He'd shrivel up at once or turn to stone.

The Dorking Thigh, and Other Satires (1945)

A rose-red sissy half as old as time.

The Dorking Thigh, and Other Satires (1945)

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