Humor is also a way of saying something serious.

Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Before a Cat will condescend To treat you as a trusted friend, Some little token of esteem Is needed, like a dish of cream; And you might now and then supply Some caviare, or Strassburg Pie, Some potted grouse, or salmon paste — He's sure to have his personal taste. (I know a Cat, who makes a habit Of eating nothing else but rabbit, And when he's finished, licks his paws So's not to waste the onion sauce.) A Cat's entitled to expect These evidences of respect. And so in time you reach your aim, And finally call him by his name.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

The Rum Turn Tugger is a terrible bore: When you let him in, then he wants to be out; He's always on the wrong side of every door, And as soon as he's at home, then he'd like to get about.

Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream.

There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.