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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... wish to remark - And my language is plain That for ways that are dark , And for tricks that are vain , The heathen Chinee is peculiar , Which the same I would rise to explain . Ah Sin was his name , And I shall not deny In regard to the ...
... wish to remark - And my language is plain That for ways that are dark , And for tricks that are vain , The heathen Chinee is peculiar , Which the same I would rise to explain . Ah Sin was his name , And I shall not deny In regard to the ...
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... wish I ne'er had 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 ...
... wish I ne'er had 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 ...
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... wish to call attention , as I close , To the fact that all the scholars Are correct about their collars , And particular in turning out their toes . Charles Edward Carryl THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN It was a tall young 14 A TREASURY OF ...
... wish to call attention , as I close , To the fact that all the scholars Are correct about their collars , And particular in turning out their toes . Charles Edward Carryl THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN It was a tall young 14 A TREASURY OF ...
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... wish to go and wed , " I have a widowed mother who Would be the very thing for you – She long has loved you from afar : She washes for you , Captain R. " 66 The captain saw the dame that day- Addressed her in his playful way - And did ...
... wish to go and wed , " I have a widowed mother who Would be the very thing for you – She long has loved you from afar : She washes for you , Captain R. " 66 The captain saw the dame that day- Addressed her in his playful way - And did ...
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... . 66 Mister Martin Tupper , Poet Close , I beg of you inform us ; 99 But my question seemed to throw them both into a rage enormous . Mister Close expressed a wish that he could only get 58 A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY.
... . 66 Mister Martin Tupper , Poet Close , I beg of you inform us ; 99 But my question seemed to throw them both into a rage enormous . Mister Close expressed a wish that he could only get 58 A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY.
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