"The Sunset Years of Samuel Shy" by Ogden Nash (poetry)

Parcae means fate.

The reference to Jenny is an in-joke,
a charming poem by Leigh Hunt:

Jenny kissed me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in.
Time, you thief! who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in.
Say I'm weary, say I'm sad;
Say that health and wealth have missed me;
Say I'm growing old, but add-
Jenny kissed me!

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[zytigon]

Thanks for your grand recital of a wonderful Ogden Nash poem. I enjoy most of his poems in Candy is Dandy . Favourites: The Wombat, The Return,No wonder our fathers died, The party next door, Time marches on, The Grackle, The Kangaroo, A Word about winter, Compliments of a friend, The abominable snoman, Up from the Egg, Preface to the past, Paradise for sale, One times one is eight, I didn't go to church today, Next, And how keen was the vision of Sir Launfal?

[markthewhalekiller]

Oh man! I love this guy! If he were reincarnated, he would be at the top of the rap charts!

[YouGotTrouble]

@Ahavati1 A very small and very pesky biting bug.

[Ahavati1]

LOL! I eventually figured it out after 5 months but thank you so much! :)

[thorkill]

its a small biting insect :)

[youkali22]

spectacular - and goes back to ageless 16th century French poetry - les nieges... what a talent!

[Ahavati1]

I agree, it's absolutely delightful. What is a "midge"?

[Largo64]

I hadn't heard this one before. Wonderful poem, and wonderfully read.