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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... HINER ( " Joaquin Miller " ) , 1841- That Gentle Man from Boston Town MOORE , THOMAS , 1779 — 1852 . If You Have Seen Miss Biddy's Epistle On Taking a Wife PAGE Resignation . 374 The Rabbinical Origin of Woman 88 xviii INDEX OF AUTHORS.
... HINER ( " Joaquin Miller " ) , 1841- That Gentle Man from Boston Town MOORE , THOMAS , 1779 — 1852 . If You Have Seen Miss Biddy's Epistle On Taking a Wife PAGE Resignation . 374 The Rabbinical Origin of Woman 88 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 . ― 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 . ― 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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Page 202 - Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. 'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch ! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch...
Page 169 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit " But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, — " It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Page 163 - And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.
Page 24 - I tell yeou,") He would build one shay to beat the taown 'N' the keounty 'n' all the kentry raoun'; It should be so built that it couldn' break daown: "Fur," said the Deacon, '"t's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan' the strain; 'N' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest.
Page 25 - ... they called it then. Eighteen hundred and twenty came; Running as usual; much the same. Thirty and forty at last arrive, And then come fifty and FIFTY-FIVE. Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.
Page 170 - And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain ; Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein ; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels.
Page 161 - On horseback after we." He soon replied, " I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. " I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the Calender Will lend his horse to go.
Page 164 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay ; And there he threw the Wash about, On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton, his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. " Stop, stop, John Gilpin ! — Here's the house !' They all at once did cry ; " The dinner waits, and we are tired :" — Said Gilpin—
Page 282 - Her love was sought, I do aver, By twenty beaux and more ; The king himself has follow'd her — When she has walk'd before. But now, her wealth and finery fled, Her hangers-on cut short all ; The doctors found, when she was dead — Her last disorder mortal. Let us lament, in sorrow sore, For Kent-street well may say, That had she lived a twelvemonth more — She had not died to-day.
Page 25 - EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ; — it came and found The Deacon's masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred increased by ten ; — 'Hahnsum kerridge' they called it then. Eighteen hundred and twenty came: — Running as usual ; much the same. Thirty and forty at last arrive, And then come fifty, and FIFTY-FIVE. Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer.