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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... - That Gentle Man from Boston Town MOORE , THOMAS , 1779 If You Have Seen Miss Biddy's Epistle On Taking a Wife 1852 . · 347 321 · · 91 341 Resignation The Rabbinical Origin of Woman Upon Being Obliged to xviii INDEX OF AUTHORS.
... - That Gentle Man from Boston Town MOORE , THOMAS , 1779 If You Have Seen Miss Biddy's Epistle On Taking a Wife 1852 . · 347 321 · · 91 341 Resignation The Rabbinical Origin of Woman Upon Being Obliged to xviii INDEX OF AUTHORS.
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... seen your 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 ...
... seen your 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 ...
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... seen their chips , And the wedges flew from between their lips , Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tips ; Step and prop - iron , bolt and screw , Spring , tire , axle , and linchpin , too , Steel of the finest , bright and blue ...
... seen their chips , And the wedges flew from between their lips , Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tips ; Step and prop - iron , bolt and screw , Spring , tire , axle , and linchpin , too , Steel of the finest , bright and blue ...
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... seen them huddled thar , So warm and sleepy and white ; And thar sot Little Breeches and chirped , As peart as ever you see , " I want a chaw of terbacker , And that's what's the matter of me . " How did he git thar ? Angels . He could ...
... seen them huddled thar , So warm and sleepy and white ; And thar sot Little Breeches and chirped , As peart as ever you see , " I want a chaw of terbacker , And that's what's the matter of me . " How did he git thar ? Angels . He could ...
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... seen , I ween , By mortals in dreams alone ? What her eyes were like , I know not : Perhaps they were blurr'd with tears ; And perhaps in your skies there glow not ( On the contrary ) clearer spheres . No ! as to her eyes I am just as ...
... seen , I ween , By mortals in dreams alone ? What her eyes were like , I know not : Perhaps they were blurr'd with tears ; And perhaps in your skies there glow not ( On the contrary ) clearer spheres . No ! as to her eyes I am just as ...
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