- Ventures into Verse
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Better known for his biting satire, Mencken's first book was this small volume of verses.
- Chapters
- To R. K.
- The Song Of The Olden Time
- The Spanish Main
- The Transport Gen'ral Ferguson
- A War Song
- Faith
- The Ballad Of Ships In Harbor
- The Orf'cer Boy
- The Filipino Maiden
- The Violet
- The Tin-clads
- September
- Arabesque
- A Ballade Of Protest
- A Frivolous Rondeau
- The Rhymes Of Mistress Dorothy
- A Few Lines
- A Rondeau Of Two Hours
- An Ante-Christmas Rondeau
- Roundel
- In Vaudeville
- The Rondeau Of Riches
- In Eating Soup
- Love And The Rose
- A Rondeau Of Statesmanship
- Songs Of The City
- A Madrigal
- A Ballad Of Looking
- When The Pipe Goes Out
- A Paradox
- The Song Of The Slapstick
- Il Penseroso
- Finis