Society verses

the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the amusement of polite society.

See also: Society

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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I shall leave masterpieces alone and do hack-work - jokes, paragraphs, feature articles, humorous verse, and society verse - all the rot for which there seems so much demand.

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