Modest Wit
Author: first_name: Selleck
last_name: Osborne
Language: English
Year: 1904

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Modest Wit by Selleck Osborne.<br>
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 23, 2025.    <br> ------<br>
We present a silly poem, with a "gotcha-type" ending. This Fortnightly poem is taken from <b>Poems that every child should know; a selection of the best poems of all times for young people</b>  (1904) edited by Mary E. Burt. 
 - Summary by David Lawrence