Then Said Another with a Long Drawn Sigh

Then Said Another with a Long Drawn Sigh

A poem by Omar Khayyam with a cartoon of a glamourous woman and an airman in the style of Percy Prune. The airman is sitting on a chair, smoking a pipe, beer glass in hand, feet on desk with a ringing phone.
On the reverse are about 22 handwritten comments and signatures.

One double sided printed card with handwritten annotations

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[caricature drawing of a woman]

Then said another with a long drawn sigh,
My Clay with long oblivion is gone dry:
But, fill me with the old familiar juice
Methinks I might recover by-and-bye!

OMAR KHAYAM

[caricature drawing of an airman leaning back in his chair with his feet on the desk, smoking a pipe with a pint of beer in his hand.]

Audrey Tilley

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[numerous handwritten comments and signatures]