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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... fair to add that he would willingly have given larger representation to several American writers , if the number of poems available had not been restricted by their publishers . In the case of one or two American humorists , indeed , he ...
... fair to add that he would willingly have given larger representation to several American writers , if the number of poems available had not been restricted by their publishers . In the case of one or two American humorists , indeed , he ...
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... fair , And the melody of woodland birds is stirring in the air ; The river , smiling to the sky , glides onward to the sea , And happiness is everywhere , O mother , but with me ! - They are going to the church , mother , -I hear the ...
... fair , And the melody of woodland birds is stirring in the air ; The river , smiling to the sky , glides onward to the sea , And happiness is everywhere , O mother , but with me ! - They are going to the church , mother , -I hear the ...
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... fair or ugly ? Nay , children , you have me there ! My eyes were p'raps blurr'd ; and besides I'd heard That it's horribly rude to stare . And I - ― - was I brusque and surly ? Or oppressively bland and fond ? Was I partial to rising ...
... fair or ugly ? Nay , children , you have me there ! My eyes were p'raps blurr'd ; and besides I'd heard That it's horribly rude to stare . And I - ― - was I brusque and surly ? Or oppressively bland and fond ? Was I partial to rising ...
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... fair , With the brightest of eyes and the brownest of hair , And it frequently chanced , when she came in the morn , With the swill for her pig , Larrie came with the corn , And some of the ears that he tossed from his hand In the pen ...
... fair , With the brightest of eyes and the brownest of hair , And it frequently chanced , when she came in the morn , With the swill for her pig , Larrie came with the corn , And some of the ears that he tossed from his hand In the pen ...
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... fair , And the bright motes danced in the balmy air . And the sunlight gleamed where the restless breeze Kissed the fragrant blooms on the apple - trees . His beardless cheek with a smile was spanned , As he stood with a carriage whip ...
... fair , And the bright motes danced in the balmy air . And the sunlight gleamed where the restless breeze Kissed the fragrant blooms on the apple - trees . His beardless cheek with a smile was spanned , As he stood with a carriage whip ...
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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