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From A Far Cry from Kensington, by Muriel Spark

A REAL PISSER

"'He's a pisseur de copie,' I said, and I said it because I couldn't help it. It just came out."

From Chapter 8

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Clerihew for the Master of the Winds

FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Francois Rabelais
Knew that he had found the way
To make great art
From even the humblest fart.

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Clerihew of a Thorough Shit

CELINE

Dr. Louis-Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, a.k.a., "Céline",
Was often vicious and never clean,
Anti-Semite and a collaborator,
A brilliant writer, but a better hater.

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From Journey to the End of the Night, by Celine, translated by Ralph Manheim

ALL OF A SUDDEN

"All of a sudden you've become disgustingly old."

From page 194 this edition

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From A Season in Hell and The Drunken Boat, by Arthur Rimbaud, translated by Louise Verese

DANSE!

"Faim, soif, cris, danse, danse, danse, danse!"*

From A Season in Hell, Bad Blood

*"Hunger, thirst, shouts, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance!"

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From Break of Day, by Colette, translated by Enid Mcleod

EVEN WITHOUT

"She merely raised her arm to smooth her hair with the flat of her hand.  Even without seeing her I should have known from this gesture that she was blonde, healthily and rather pungently blonde; blonde and upset, on edge -- there was no doubt of it."

From page 69, this translation

A Rigidly Formal Clerihew

PIERRE CORNEILLE

Pierre Corneille,
They always say,
Resolutely defies translation
Which rather dampens one's admiration.*

*Not to be mean?
Same deal with Racine.

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From The Drunkard, by Emile Zola, translated by Arthur Symon

WHEN

"When she let a thing drop, it might lie where it was; she wasn't going to take the trouble to pick it up.  She was far too lazy for that.  She preferred to save her bacon."

From Chapter 10

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