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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... face ; But now , a long farewell ! For you will be my death ; - alas , You will not be my Nell ! " Now , when he went from Nelly Gray , His heart so heavy got , And life was such a burden grown , It made him take a knot ! So round his ...
... face ; But now , a long farewell ! For you will be my death ; - alas , You will not be my Nell ! " Now , when he went from Nelly Gray , His heart so heavy got , And life was such a burden grown , It made him take a knot ! So round his ...
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... face ! " Me darlin ' , ” I said to their illigant mother , " The childers are rayther too forward , " says I ; Whin grabbin ' a poker , or somethin ' or other , She gave me a whack in the small of me thigh ! Because I complain'd of ...
... face ! " Me darlin ' , ” I said to their illigant mother , " The childers are rayther too forward , " says I ; Whin grabbin ' a poker , or somethin ' or other , She gave me a whack in the small of me thigh ! Because I complain'd of ...
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... I do not recollect your face , " Quoth Garrick . " No ? " replied the man of rags ; " The boards of Drury you and I have trod Full many a time together , I am sure . " 66 ' When ? " with an oath , cried 18 A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY.
... I do not recollect your face , " Quoth Garrick . " No ? " replied the man of rags ; " The boards of Drury you and I have trod Full many a time together , I am sure . " 66 ' When ? " with an oath , cried 18 A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY.
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... face of yours before ! What characters , I pray , Did you and I together play ? " 66 " Lord ! " quoth the fellow , think not that I mock . When you played Hamlet , sir , I played the cock ! " John Wolcot ( " Peter Pindar " ) THE BITER ...
... face of yours before ! What characters , I pray , Did you and I together play ? " 66 " Lord ! " quoth the fellow , think not that I mock . When you played Hamlet , sir , I played the cock ! " John Wolcot ( " Peter Pindar " ) THE BITER ...
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... . Then her red come back like the tide Down to the Bay o ' Fundy , An ' all I know is they was cried In meetin ' come nex ' Sunday . James Russell Lowell THE TWINS In form and feature , face and limb A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY 31.
... . Then her red come back like the tide Down to the Bay o ' Fundy , An ' all I know is they was cried In meetin ' come nex ' Sunday . James Russell Lowell THE TWINS In form and feature , face and limb A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY 31.
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