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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... " ) , 1841- 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.
... " ) , 1841- 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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... town , ― For , though distress had cut him up , It could not cut him down ! A dozen men sat on his corpse , To find out why he died And they buried Ben in four cross - roads , With a stake in his inside ! Thomas Hood THE AHKOOND OF SWAT ...
... town , ― For , though distress had cut him up , It could not cut him down ! A dozen men sat on his corpse , To find out why he died And they buried Ben in four cross - roads , With a stake in his inside ! Thomas Hood THE AHKOOND OF SWAT ...
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... town .翼 Now , I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent To say another is an ass , at least , to all intent : Nor should the individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent . Then Abner Dean of ...
... town .翼 Now , I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent To say another is an ass , at least , to all intent : Nor should the individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent . Then Abner Dean of ...
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... town Saw the earth open and gulp her down , And Braddock's army was done so brown , Left without a scalp to its crown . It was on the terrible Earthquake - day That the deacon finished the one - hoss shay . Now in building of chaises ...
... town Saw the earth open and gulp her down , And Braddock's army was done so brown , Left without a scalp to its crown . It was on the terrible Earthquake - day That the deacon finished the one - hoss shay . Now in building of chaises ...
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... town with some turnips , And my little Gabe come along , - No four - year - old in the county Could beat him for pretty and strong , Peart and chipper and sassy , Always ready to swear and fight , And I'd larnt him ter chaw terbacker ...
... town with some turnips , And my little Gabe come along , - No four - year - old in the county Could beat him for pretty and strong , Peart and chipper and sassy , Always ready to swear and fight , And I'd larnt him ter chaw terbacker ...
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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