anthologies, among them Braithwaite's and Edwin Markham's, have included it.
On Being Noticed by an Oregon Humming Bird
Brightest of living things!
A tinted intelligence,
Flame poised on whirring wings.
For an instant looked at me;
Then—instantly—flashed on,
Dissembling that flattery!
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ANTHONY EUWER
Anthony Euwer, artist, lecturer and poet, formerly of Hood River but for several years of Portland, is author of Woodrow Wilson's favorite limerick:
Others are handsomer far;
But my face—I don't mind it
Because I'm behind it;
It's the folks in the front that I jar.
He was born in Alleghany, Pennsylvania, on February n, 1877. He received his education in Shadyside Academy in Pittsburgh, at Princeton University, and at the Art Students' League, New York. He lectured in America and England, and wrote and illustrated for newspapers, syndicates, and several national magazines, including Harper's, Scribner's, Life, Collier's and Leslie's. For one Sunday newspaper alone he made over 200 full-page drawings and wrote 16,000 lines of verse. He was an entertainer with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in 1918 and 1919. After the War he was connected with three radio stations on the Pacific Coast — KJR in Seattle, KHJ in Los Angeles, and KOAC, the station of the State System of Higher Education, at Corvallis. He is the author of seven books of verse: Rickety Rimes and Rigmarole, 1902; Christopher Cricket on Cats, 1907; Rhymes of Our Valley, Hood River verses, 1916; The Limeratomy, "a limerick anatomy", 1917; Wings and Other War Rhymes, 1918; By Scarlet Torch and Blade, 1923; The Friendly Firs, 1931.
