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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... Twas on the shores that round our coast From Deal to Ramsgate span , That I found alone on a piece of stone An elderly naval man . His hair was weedy , his beard was long , And weedy and long was he , And I heard this wight on the shore ...
... Twas on the shores that round our coast From Deal to Ramsgate span , That I found alone on a piece of stone An elderly naval man . His hair was weedy , his beard was long , And weedy and long was he , And I heard this wight on the shore ...
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... Twas in the good ship Nancy Bell That we sailed to the Indian Sea , And there on a reef we come to grief , Which has often occurred to me . " And pretty nigh all the crew was drowned ( There was seventy - seven o ' soul ) , And only ten ...
... Twas in the good ship Nancy Bell That we sailed to the Indian Sea , And there on a reef we come to grief , Which has often occurred to me . " And pretty nigh all the crew was drowned ( There was seventy - seven o ' soul ) , And only ten ...
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... Twas joost as I enter'd this wurruld of slaughter , Me father looked up from his sate be the wall ; Says he , " Me swate Bridget , pray how is our daughter ? " Says she , " Ye ould fool , it's no daughter at all ! " " Och murther an ...
... Twas joost as I enter'd this wurruld of slaughter , Me father looked up from his sate be the wall ; Says he , " Me swate Bridget , pray how is our daughter ? " Says she , " Ye ould fool , it's no daughter at all ! " " Och murther an ...
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... Twas there that I wint an adventure to mate : And whin I arrived I was weary and lame as A baste of the plough wid no legs to his fait . Bad luck to the fortune that carried me in it ! And sure ' tis the mem'ry that gives me a pain ...
... Twas there that I wint an adventure to mate : And whin I arrived I was weary and lame as A baste of the plough wid no legs to his fait . Bad luck to the fortune that carried me in it ! And sure ' tis the mem'ry that gives me a pain ...
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... twas very sad and lonely When I found myself the only Population on this cultivated shore ; But I've made a little tavern In a rocky little cavern , And I sit and watch for people at the door . I spent no time in looking For a girl to ...
... twas very sad and lonely When I found myself the only Population on this cultivated shore ; But I've made a little tavern In a rocky little cavern , And I sit and watch for people at the door . I spent no time in looking For a girl to ...
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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