Read full poem →Had a peach from the tree;
And 'twixt earnest and joke
Enjoyed the lady."[29]
Origin
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Common Phrases
. jokejoke practicaljoke goodjoke littlejoke old
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Poetry examples for “joke”
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Read full poem →the betting, boxing blade ; and often fancy I stand in danger
of feeling personally, by way of joke, the dexterity of iiis
fists.
Read full poem →We stood there and watched as Arnie began to tell Pop a dirty joke. Their
heads were close together. Then the joke was over. Pop began laughing.
Read full poem →If logic's not the devil's leaven!'
I cried at such a wicked joke,
And he, surprised, went out to smoke.
Read full poem →I am all at once what Christ is, ' since he was what I am, and
This Jack, joke, poor potsherd, ' patch, matchwood, immortal diamond,
Is immortal diamond.
Read full poem →He never heeds the insult loud that laughs:
With rosy maid he tries to joke and play,--
Who shrugs and nettles deep his pomp and pride.
Read full poem →(Indeed the thing is very droll)
God’s oldest joke, forever fresh :
The fact that in the finest flesh
Read full poem →Made him the happiest man alive:
He drank his glass and crack'd his joke,
And freshmen wonder'd as he spoke.
Read full poem →Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun!
Who relish’d a joke, and rejoic’d in a pun; 150
Whose temper was generous, open, sincere;
Read full poem →Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee,
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he;
Full well the busy whisper, circling round,