Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Volume 6Reeves & Turner, 1889 - English wit and humor Includes parodies of Tennyson, Longfellow, Bret Harte, Thomas Hood, Swinburne, Browning, Shakespeare, Milton, Poe, Shelley, Cowper, Coleridge, Herrick, Carroll, Lever, Lover, Burns, Scott, Goldsmith, Kingsley, Byron and many others. |
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... shalt half believe and half deride Anno Salutis eighteen seventy - nine . The burden of lost leisure . Thou shalt grieve By rain - vexed stream , drenched moor , or seashore dead ; And say at night , ' Would I had had no leave ! ' " And ...
... shalt half believe and half deride Anno Salutis eighteen seventy - nine . The burden of lost leisure . Thou shalt grieve By rain - vexed stream , drenched moor , or seashore dead ; And say at night , ' Would I had had no leave ! ' " And ...
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... shalt see Strange harmonies in brown and olive - green , In curious costumes fashioned cunningly , And all unlike the things in summer seen ; And thou shalt say of summer , it hath been . Or if unconsciously thou wouldst inquire What ...
... shalt see Strange harmonies in brown and olive - green , In curious costumes fashioned cunningly , And all unlike the things in summer seen ; And thou shalt say of summer , it hath been . Or if unconsciously thou wouldst inquire What ...
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... shalt thon make a " five " and there a " four , " And then upon thy bat shalt lean and say , That thou art in for an uncommon score . Yea , the loud ring applauding thee shall roar , And thou to rival THORNTON shalt aspire , When low ...
... shalt thon make a " five " and there a " four , " And then upon thy bat shalt lean and say , That thou art in for an uncommon score . Yea , the loud ring applauding thee shall roar , And thou to rival THORNTON shalt aspire , When low ...
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... shalt thou jump To the height of my patronage — rather ! Rare Magpie and Stump ! St. James's Gazette . March 19 , 1881 . : 0 : - SONG OF THe Springtide . O SEASON supposed of all free flowers , Made lovely by light of the sun , Of ...
... shalt thou jump To the height of my patronage — rather ! Rare Magpie and Stump ! St. James's Gazette . March 19 , 1881 . : 0 : - SONG OF THe Springtide . O SEASON supposed of all free flowers , Made lovely by light of the sun , Of ...
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... shalt stand in the midst of the water , The hate of their hearts shall be vain . For their power shall be past and made idle , And their pride shall be checked with a bridle , And the height of their heads bow down At the loss of their ...
... shalt stand in the midst of the water , The hate of their hearts shall be vain . For their power shall be past and made idle , And their pride shall be checked with a bridle , And the height of their heads bow down At the loss of their ...
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Page 170 - And glittering temples of their hostile gods. — The princes applaud with a furious joy : And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy...
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