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Oh, the twenties and the thirties were not otherwise designed
Than other times when blind men into ditches led the blind,
When the rich mouse ate the cheese and the poor mouse got the rind,
And man, the self-destroyer, was not lucid in his mind.

— 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)

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

The Dorking Thigh, and Other Satires (1945)

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)

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