ENOUGH ROPE

Poems by

DOROTHY PARKER

NEW YORK

BONI & LIVERIGHT

1926

Copyright, 1926, by
BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC.

All Rights of Reproduction Reserved

First printing, December, 1926
Second printing, January, 1927
Third printing, February, 1927
Fourth printing, March, 1927
Fifth printing, April, 1927
Sixth printing, May, 1927
Seventh printing, July, 1927
Eighth printing, September, 1927
Ninth printing, October, 1927
Tenth printing, December, 1927
Eleventh printing, February, 1928
Twelfth printing, April, 1928
Thirteenth printing, July, 1928

To
ELINOR WYLIE

The verses in this book were firstprinted in Life, Vanity Fair, The NewYorker, and The New York World.

CONTENTS

PART ONE
THRENODY
THE SMALL HOURS
THE FALSE FRIENDS
THE TRIFLER
A VERY SHORT SONG
A WELL-WORN STORY
CONVALESCENT
THE DARK GIRL'S RHYME
EPITAPH
LIGHT OF LOVE
WAIL
THE SATIN DRESS
SOMEBODY'S SONG
ANECDOTE
BRAGGART
EPITAPH FOR A DARLING LADY
TO A MUCH TOO UNFORTUNATE LADY
PATHS
HEARTHSIDE
THE NEW LOVE
RAINY NIGHT
FOR A SAD LADY
RECURRENCE
STORY OF MRS. W—
THE DRAMATISTS
AUGUST
THE WHITE LADY
I KNOW I HAVE BEEN HAPPIEST
TESTAMENT
"I SHALL COME BACK"
CONDOLENCE
THE IMMORTALS
A PORTRAIT
PART TWO
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
CHANT FOR DARK HOURS
UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE
VERSE REPORTING LATE ARRIVAL AT A CONCLUSION
INVENTORY
NOW AT LIBERTY
COMMENT
PLEA
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