The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe ... with Notes, Explanatory and Biographical |
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... thing ; Heaven whispered him , the moment of his birth , " Don't cry , my lad , but dance and sing ; Don't be too wise , and be an ape : - In colors let thy soul be dressed , not crape . " Roses shall smooth life's journey , and adorn ...
... thing ; Heaven whispered him , the moment of his birth , " Don't cry , my lad , but dance and sing ; Don't be too wise , and be an ape : - In colors let thy soul be dressed , not crape . " Roses shall smooth life's journey , and adorn ...
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... so , That , whichever thing I show , The plain truth will seem to be A constrain'd hyperbole , And the passion to proceed More from a mistress than a weed . Sooty retainer to the vine , Bacchus ' black servant MISCELLANEOUS . 29.
... so , That , whichever thing I show , The plain truth will seem to be A constrain'd hyperbole , And the passion to proceed More from a mistress than a weed . Sooty retainer to the vine , Bacchus ' black servant MISCELLANEOUS . 29.
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... thing whatever , Whence they feel it death to sever , Though it be , as they , perforce , Guiltless of the sad divorce . For I must ( nor let it grieve thee , Friendliest of plants , that I must ) leave thee . For thy sake , TOBACCO , I ...
... thing whatever , Whence they feel it death to sever , Though it be , as they , perforce , Guiltless of the sad divorce . For I must ( nor let it grieve thee , Friendliest of plants , that I must ) leave thee . For thy sake , TOBACCO , I ...
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... thing To wear a crown - to be a king ! And sleep on regal down ! Alas ! thou know'st not kingly cares ; Far happier is thy head that wears That hat without a crown ! And dost thou think that years acquire New added joys ? Dost think thy ...
... thing To wear a crown - to be a king ! And sleep on regal down ! Alas ! thou know'st not kingly cares ; Far happier is thy head that wears That hat without a crown ! And dost thou think that years acquire New added joys ? Dost think thy ...
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... thing , And tell how little our large veins should bleed , Would we but yield them to thy bitter need . Unwillingly , I own , and , what is worse , Full angrily men hearken to thy plaint ; Thou gettest many a brush and many a curse ...
... thing , And tell how little our large veins should bleed , Would we but yield them to thy bitter need . Unwillingly , I own , and , what is worse , Full angrily men hearken to thy plaint ; Thou gettest many a brush and many a curse ...
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Æsop Beignet Blogg boys Brentford charms Cock cried d'ye think DEAN SWIFT dear delight Devil dish divine Dolly dost e'er EPIGRAMS eyes face fair fancy fear give grace hair hand happy HARRIS BARHAM hast hath head hear heard heart heaven JAMES TAYLOR king kiss lady laugh Lille long-tail'd coat look look'd Lord ma'am maid MATTHEW PRIOR mind Miserable sinners morning N. P. WILLIS ne'er never Nick night niversity nose numbers o'er OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES once PETER PINDAR PINDAR poet poor pray pretty Prince Prince Bishop Pryce PUNCH quoth ROBERT SOUTHEY rose round Saint scarce seem'd sigh sing smile song soul Sultaun swear sweet tell thee there's thet thing THOMAS HOOD THOMAS MOORE thou thought town turn'd verger Whitbread wife young Zounds
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Page 248 - The cudgel in my nieve did shake, Each bristl'd hair stood like a stake, When wi' an eldritch, stoor quaick, quaick, Amang the springs, Awa ye squatter'd like a drake, On whistling wings. Let warlocks grim, an' wither'd hags, Tell how wi...
Page 98 - The fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, Her ears of jet and emerald eyes, She saw, and purred applause.
Page 242 - BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, The spectacles set them unhappily wrong ; The point in dispute was, as all the world knows, To which the said spectacles ought to belong. So...
Page 40 - Distrust the condiment that bites so soon; But deem it not, thou man of herbs, a fault To add a double quantity of salt; Four times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown, And twice with vinegar procured from town; And lastly o'er the flavoured compound toss A magic soupcon of anchovy sauce.
Page 319 - WERTHER had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter ; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter. Charlotte was a married lady, And a moral man was Werther, And for all the wealth of Indies, Would do nothing for to hurt her. So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passion boiled and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains out, And no more was by it troubled. _*• Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person,...
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Page 32 - For thy sake, Tobacco, I Would do anything but die, And but seek to extend my days Long enough to sing thy praise.
Page 243 - PRAYER 0 thou, wha in the Heavens dost dwell, Wha, as it pleases best thysel', Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, A' for thy glory, And no for ony guid or ill They've done afore thee!
Page 53 - Vicar. His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rocks to roses; It slipped from politics to puns; It passed from Mahomet to Moses; Beginning with the laws which keep The planets in their radiant courses, And ending with some precept deep For dressing eels or shoeing horses.