Ring Lardner Typescript with Holograph Note by Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald replied-

You combed Third Avenue last year

For some small gift that was not too dear

—Like a candy cane or a worn out truss—

 To give to a loving friend like us

You’d found gold eggs for such wealthy hicks

 As the Edsell Fords and the Pittsburgh Fricks

The Andy Mellons, the Teddy Shonts

The Coleman T. and Pierre duPonts

But not one gift to brighten our hoem

—So I’m sending you back your God damn poem.

(F. Scott Fitzgerald Poems, p. 140)

Found at: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/facts/10/lardner_christmas_poem.html