The Book of Humorous VerseGeorge H. Doran Company, 1920 - 962 psl. |
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... turned To welcome to her arms his foe , Left him despairing , conquered , spurned- I cannot tell - I do not know . So oft such woes will counteract The thousand ecstacies of love , That you may fix on base of fact The story hinted at ...
... turned To welcome to her arms his foe , Left him despairing , conquered , spurned- I cannot tell - I do not know . So oft such woes will counteract The thousand ecstacies of love , That you may fix on base of fact The story hinted at ...
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... speck That was lost in the wandering sea ; And then , at the risk of breaking his neck , Turned somersaults home to tea . Walter Parke . 75 ON A DEAF HOUSEKEEPER Or all life's plagues I recommend His Mother-in-Law Walter Parke.
... speck That was lost in the wandering sea ; And then , at the risk of breaking his neck , Turned somersaults home to tea . Walter Parke . 75 ON A DEAF HOUSEKEEPER Or all life's plagues I recommend His Mother-in-Law Walter Parke.
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... turned my tumbler upside down , An ' bade m'self g ' night ! As th ' ket'l t - hic - ked , The clock purred , And the cat ( hic ) sang ! Tudor Jenks . Song SONG THREE score and ten by common calculation The 98 Banter Deane Tudor Jenks.
... turned my tumbler upside down , An ' bade m'self g ' night ! As th ' ket'l t - hic - ked , The clock purred , And the cat ( hic ) sang ! Tudor Jenks . Song SONG THREE score and ten by common calculation The 98 Banter Deane Tudor Jenks.
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... turned out a fool . I put this question hopelessly To every one I knew- What would you do , if you were me , To prove that you were you ? Our close resemblance turn'd the tide Of my domestic life ; For somehow my intended bride Became ...
... turned out a fool . I put this question hopelessly To every one I knew- What would you do , if you were me , To prove that you were you ? Our close resemblance turn'd the tide Of my domestic life ; For somehow my intended bride Became ...
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... Turned and vanished Hiram Hover , And , before the year was over , Huldah , with the yarbs she sold , Bought a cape , against the cold . Black and thick the furry cape was , Of a stylish cut the shape was ; And the girls , in all the ...
... Turned and vanished Hiram Hover , And , before the year was over , Huldah , with the yarbs she sold , Bought a cape , against the cold . Black and thick the furry cape was , Of a stylish cut the shape was ; And the girls , in all the ...
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865 psl. - 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...
562 psl. - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
932 psl. - Gave the lustre of midday to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name; "Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away!...
565 psl. - He grasped the mane with both his hands, 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.
381 psl. - That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, "Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
108 psl. - GOD makes sech nights, all white an' still Fur 'z you can look or listen, Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, All silence an' all glisten. Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'.
423 psl. - It was surely October On this very night of last year That I journeyed — I journeyed down here! — That I brought a dread burden down here — On this night of all nights in the year, Ah, what demon has tempted me here?
565 psl. - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; A bottle swinging at each side, As hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all ; And every soul cried out, "Well done!
579 psl. - Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he 'put her through.
578 psl. - Now in building of chaises, I tell you what, There is always somewhere a weakest spot, — In hub, tire, felloe, in spring or thill, In panel, or crossbar, or floor, or sill, In screw, bolt, thoroughbrace, — lurking still, Find it somewhere you must and will, — Above or below, or within or without, — And that's the reason, beyond a doubt, A chaise breaks down, but doesn't wear out. But the Deacon swore (as Deacons do, With an "I dew vum...