A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and Satirical Verse Selected from the Writings of British and American PoetsFrederic Lawrence Knowles |
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... Lord Tomnoddy BROWNELL , HENRY Howard , 1820 - 1872 . The Lawyer's Invocation to Spring BROWNING , Robert , 1812 — 1889 . The Pope and the Net BUCK , CHARLES GURDON , 1847 An Idyl · BUNNER , HENRY CUYLER , 1855 — 1896 . Behold the Deeds ...
... Lord Tomnoddy BROWNELL , HENRY Howard , 1820 - 1872 . The Lawyer's Invocation to Spring BROWNING , Robert , 1812 — 1889 . The Pope and the Net BUCK , CHARLES GURDON , 1847 An Idyl · BUNNER , HENRY CUYLER , 1855 — 1896 . Behold the Deeds ...
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... Lord , 1788. 1824 . Matrons and Maids • Calverley , Charles Stuart , 1831 — 1884 . Ballad Companions First Love . Lovers , and a Reflection Motherhood Ode to Tobacco The Arab • The Schoolmaster Abroad with His Son Wanderers CANNING ...
... Lord , 1788. 1824 . Matrons and Maids • Calverley , Charles Stuart , 1831 — 1884 . Ballad Companions First Love . Lovers , and a Reflection Motherhood Ode to Tobacco The Arab • The Schoolmaster Abroad with His Son Wanderers CANNING ...
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... Lord of Potsdam · SHERIDAN , RICHARD BRINSLEY , 1751 - 1816 . A Wife The Literary Lady • SHERMAN , FRANK DEMPSTER , 1860- A Rhyme for Priscilla SIBLEY , CHARles , 18– The Plaidie • • SIDEY , JAMES A. , 18- The Irish Schoolmaster SILL XX ...
... Lord of Potsdam · SHERIDAN , RICHARD BRINSLEY , 1751 - 1816 . A Wife The Literary Lady • SHERMAN , FRANK DEMPSTER , 1860- A Rhyme for Priscilla SIBLEY , CHARles , 18– The Plaidie • • SIDEY , JAMES A. , 18- The Irish Schoolmaster SILL XX ...
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... Lord ! " quoth the fellow , think not that I mock . When you played Hamlet , sir , I played the cock ! " John Wolcot ( " Peter Pindar " ) THE BITER BIT The sun is in the sky , mother , the flowers are springing fair , And the melody of ...
... Lord ! " quoth the fellow , think not that I mock . When you played Hamlet , sir , I played the cock ! " John Wolcot ( " Peter Pindar " ) THE BITER BIT The sun is in the sky , mother , the flowers are springing fair , And the melody of ...
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... Lord was nigher . An ' she'd blush scarlit , right in prayer , When her new meetin ' - bunnet Felt somehow thru ' its crown a pair O ' blue eyes sot upon it . Thet night , I tell ye , she looked some ! She seemed to've gut a new soul ...
... Lord was nigher . An ' she'd blush scarlit , right in prayer , When her new meetin ' - bunnet Felt somehow thru ' its crown a pair O ' blue eyes sot upon it . Thet night , I tell ye , she looked some ! She seemed to've gut a new soul ...
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Ahkoond Behave yoursel blue Bret Harte Brown captain's gig Charles Charles Godfrey Leland Charles Stuart Calverley cried d'ye think dance dear eyes fair father folks Gilpin girl give goes hair hand head hear heard heart Hot Cross Bun humorous Irishman John John Godfrey Saxe Jones kind kiss lady legs Lewis Carroll live look Lord MacShane maid Mamma married Mister morning mother ne'er never night niversity of Gottingen nose Number o'er Oily ould Paddy play poem pray pretty proputty rabbit-pie rhymes rose round Sam Walter Foss Samuel Lover sighed sing smile song soul sure Swat sweet tail talk Tascus tell thee There's thing Thomas Hood thou thought told took town twas verse vulgar Boy Wan-two Widow wife William Winthrop Mackworth Praed wonder young