The Humorous Poetry of the English LanguageBoD – Books on Demand, 2023 M11 23 - 692 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1856. |
Contents
| x | |
To my Empty Purse | 21 |
Snuff | 28 |
The Lisbon Packet | 34 |
Salad | 40 |
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Clapham Acad | 46 |
The Vicar | 52 |
The Musquito | 58 |
Burns | 243 |
Address to the Deil | 247 |
Church and State | 259 |
Eternal London | 266 |
Cl | 273 |
The Literary Lady | 281 |
Family Poetry | 287 |
Ode to Rae Wilson Esquire | 294 |
You know if it was | 64 |
Sonnet to a Clam | 68 |
King John and the Abbot | 77 |
Truth and Falsehood | 85 |
Economy | 91 |
On the Death of a Favorite | 97 |
Julia | 104 |
The Search after Happiness | 115 |
The Donkey and his Panniers | 124 |
A Lay of St Gengulphus | 136 |
Sir Rupert the Fearless | 146 |
Look at the Clock | 156 |
The Bagmans | 164 |
Dame Fredegonde | 181 |
Titmarshs Carmen Lillienses | 191 |
སྐ | 222 |
The King of Spain and the Horse | 231 |
A King of France and the Fair Lady | 238 |
Deaths Ramble | 307 |
LL | 324 |
The Feast of Vegetables and the Flow of | 330 |
Papa to his Heir | 336 |
My Aunt | 342 |
Wine | 351 |
Ode on Science | 358 |
A Description of a City Shower | 365 |
AntiJacobin | 384 |
Barham | 417 |
Prior | 534 |
Williams Sir C H 87 | 546 |
Lamb | 667 |
Moore | 675 |
On Samuel Rogers | 676 |
Willis | 687 |
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Common terms and phrases
behold Beignet Blogg boys Brentford charms church cried d'ye DEAN SWIFT dear delight Devil divine Dolly dost e'er EPIGRAMS eyes face fair fancy fear fellow FRIEND OF HUMANITY give grace hair hand happy HARRIS BARHAM hath head hear heard heart heaven JAMES TAYLOR king lady Lille long-tail'd coat look look'd Lord Lord Byron ma'am maid majesty MATTHEW PRIOR mind Miserable sinners morning Muse N. P. WILLIS ne'er never night niversity nose numbers o'er once PETER PINDAR PINDAR poet poor pray prayer pretty Prince Pryce PUNCH quoth ROBERT SOUTHEY rose round Saint scarce seem'd sigh sing smile song soul Sultaun swear sweet tell thee there's thet thing THOMAS HOOD THOMAS MOORE thou thought took town turn'd verger Whitbread wife young Zounds