The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe

The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe
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Various. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe

The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe

Table of Contents

PREFACE

INDEX

MISCELLANEOUS

SUBJECT. AUTHOR

NARRATIVE

SATIRICAL

PARODIES AND BURLESQUES

EPIGRAMMATIC

ECCENTRIC AND NONDESCRIPT

ENIGMATIC

LIST OF SOURCES. MISCELLANEOUS

TO MY EMPTY PURSE. CHAUCER

TO CHLOE

AN APOLOGY FOR GOING INTO THE COUNTRY. PETER PINDAR

TO A FLY,

TAKEN OUT OF A BOWL OF PUNCH. PETER PINDAR

MAN MAY BE HAPPY. PETER PINDAR

ADDRESS TO THE TOOTHACHE

WRITTEN WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS GRIEVOUSLY TORMENTED BY THAT DISORDER. ROBERT BURNS

THE PIG

A COLLOQUIAL POEM. ROBERT SOUTHEY

SNUFF. ROBERT SOUTHEY

A FAREWELL TO TOBACCO. CHARLES LAMB

WRITTEN AFTER SWIMMING FROM SESTOS TO ABYDOS

BYRON

THE LISBON PACKET. BYRON

TO FANNY. THOMAS MOORE

YOUNG JESSICA. THOMAS MOORE

RINGS AND SEALS. THOMAS MOORE

NETS AND CAGES. THOMAS MOORE

SALAD. SYDNEY SMITH

MY LETTERS. R. HARRIS BARHAM

THE POPLAR. R. HARRIS BARHAM

SPRING

A NEW VERSION. THOMAS HOOD

ODE

ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF CLAPHAM ACADEMY. THOMAS HOOD

SCHOOL AND SCHOOL-FELLOWS. W. MACKWORTH PRAED

THE VICAR. W. MACKWORTH PRAED

THE BACHELOR'S CANE-BOTTOMED CHAIR. W. M. THACKERAY

STANZAS TO PALE ALE. PUNCH

"CHILDREN MUST BE PAID FOR." PUNCH

THE MUSQUITO. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

TO THE LADY IN THE CHEMISETTE WITH BLACK BUTTONS. N. P. WILLIS

COME OUT, LOVE. N. P. WILLIS

THE WHITE CHIP HAT. N. P. WILLIS

YOU KNOW IF IT WAS YOU N. P. WILLIS

THE DECLARATION. N. P. WILLIS

LOVE IN A COTTAGE. N. P. WILLIS

TO HELEN IN A HUFF. N. P. WILLIS

THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

THE BRIEFLESS BARRISTER. A BALLAD. JOHN G. SAXE

VENUS OF THE NEEDLE

WILLIAM ALLINGHAM

NARRATIVE

TAKE THY OLD CLOAK ABOUT THEE [OLD BALLAD, QUOTED BY SHAKSPEARE, IN OTHELLO.] PERCY RELIQUES

KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT. [AN OLD ENGLISH BALLAD—LONG VERY POPULAR.] PERCY RELIQUES

THE BAFFLED KNIGHT, OR LADY'S POLICY [A VERY FAVORITE ANCIENT BALLAD.] PERCY RELIQUES

TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD. A TALE. MATTHEW PRIOR

FLATTERY. A FABLE. SIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS

THE PIG AND MAGPIE. PETER PINDAR

ADVICE TO YOUNG WOMEN, OR, THE ROSE AND STRAWBERRY. PETER PINDAR

ECONOMY. PETER PINDAR

THE JEWESS AND HER SON

THE COUNTBY LASSES. PETER PINDAR

A STORY

THE PILGRIMS AND THE PEAS. PETER PINDAR

THE PILGRIMS AND THE PEAS. A TRUE STORY

ON THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLDFISHES. THOMAS GRAY

THE RETIRED CAT. WILLIAM COWPER

MORAL

SAYING NOT MEANING. WILLIAM BASIL WAKE

JULIA. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

A COCK AND HEN STORY. ROBERT SOUTHEY

PART I

PART II

PART III

PART IV

THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS; OR, THE QUEST OF SULTAUN SOLIMAUN. SIR WALTER SCOTT

THE DONKEY AND HIS PANNIERS. THOMAS MOORE

MISADVENTURES AT MARGATE. A LEGEND OF JARVIS'S JETTY. B. HARRIS BABHAM

THE GHOST. R. HARRIS BARHAM

A LAY OF ST. GENGULPHUS. R. HARRIS BARHAM

"MURDER!!

MORAL

SIR RUPERT THE FEARLESS. A LEGEND OF GERMANY. R. HARRIS BARHAM

LAY OF THE NAIADS

MORAL

LOOK AT THE CLOCK. R. HARRIS BARHAM

THE BAGMAN'S DOG. R. HARRIS BARHAM

MORAL

DAME FREDEGONDE. WILLIAM AYTOUS

THE KING OF BRENTFORD'S TESTAMENT. W. MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

I

II

III

IV

THE RETORT GEORGE P. MORRIS

SATIRICAL

THE RABBLE: OR, WHO PAYS! SAMUEL BUTLER

THE CHAMELEON. MATTHEW PRIOR

MERRY ANDREW. MATTHEW PRIOR

JACK AND JOAN. MATTHEW PRIOR

THE PROGRESS OF POETRY. DEAN SWIFT

TWELVE ARTICLES. DEAN SWIFT

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

THE BEASTS' CONFESSION. DEAN SWIFT

A NEW SIMILE FOR THE LADIES. WITH USEFUL ANNOTATIONS, DR. THOMAS SHERIDAN

ON A LAPDOG. JOHN GAY

THE RAZOR SELLER. PETER PINDAR

THE SAILOR BOY AT PRAYERS. PETER PINDAR

BIENSEANCE PETER PINDAR

THE PETIT MAITRE, AND THE MAN ON THE WHEEL

KINGS AND COURTIERS. PETER PINDAR

PRAYING FOR RAIN. PETER PINDAR

APOLOGY FOR KINGS PETER PINDAR

MORAL

STORY THE SECOND

ODE TO THE DEVIL. PETER PINDAR

THE KING OF SPAIN AND THE HORSE. PETER PINDAR

THE TENDER HUSBAND. PETER PINDAR

THE SOLDIER AND THE VIRGIN MARY. PETER PINDAR

A KING OF FRANCE AND THE FAIR LADY PETER PINDAR

THE EGGS

FROM THE SPANISH OF YRIARTE. G. H. DEVEREUX

THE ASS AND HIS MASTER. FROM THE SPANISH OF YRIARTE. G. H. DEVEREUX

THE LOVE OF THE WORLD REPROVED; OR, HYPOCRISY DETECTED. WILLIAM COWPER

REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS. WILLIAM COWPER

EPITAPH ON HOLY WILLIE

ADDRESS TO THE DEIL. ROBERT BURNS

THE DEVIL'S WALK ON EARTH. ROBERT SOUTHEY

CHURCH AND STATE. THOMAS MOORE

LYING. THOMAS MOORE

THE MILLENNIUM. SUGGESTBD BY THE LATE WORK OF THE KEVEKEND MR. IRVING "ON PROPHECY." THOMAS MOORE

THE LITTLE GRAND LAMA. A FABLE FOR PRINCES ROYAL THOMAS MOORE

ETERNAL LONDON. THOMAS MOORE

OF FACTOTUM NED. THOMAS MOORE

LETTERS FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE AT PARIS TO MISS DOROTHY—IN IRELAND THOMAS MOORE

SECOND LETTER

R.F

THIRD LETTER

THE LITERARY LADY. RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN

FAMILY POETRY. R. HARRIS BARHAM

THE SUNDAY QUESTION. THOMAS HOOD

DEATH'S RAMBLE. THOMAS HOOD

THE BACHELOR'S DREAM. THOMAS HOOD

ON SAMUEL ROGERS. LORD BYRON

MY PARTNER. W. MACKWORTH PRAED

THE BELLE OF THE BALL. W. MACKWORTH PRAED

SORROWS OF WERTHER. W. MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

THE YANKEE VOLUNTEERS. W. MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

COURTSHIP AND MATRIMONY. A POEM, IN TWO CANTOS. PUNCH

CANTO THE FIRST. COURTSHIP

CANTO THE SECOND. MATRIMONY

CONCERNING SISTERS-IN-LAW. PUNCH. I

II

III

IV

TO SONG-BIRDS ON A SUNDAY. PUNCH

THE FIRST SENSIBLE VALENTINE. (ONE OF THE MOST ASTONISHING FRUITS OF THE EMIGRATION MANIA.) PUNCH

A SCENE ON THE AUSTRIAN FRONTIER. PUNCH

ODE TO THE GREAT SEA-SERPENT ON HIS WONDERFUL REAPPEARANCE. PUNCH

THE FEAST OF VEGETABLES, AND THE FLOW OF WATER. PUNCH

KINDRED QUACKS. PUNCH

THE RAILWAY TRAVELER'S FAREWELL TO HIS FAMILY. PUNCH

A LETTER AND AN ANSWER. PUNCH

THE PRESBYTERS TO PALMERSTON

PALMERSTON TO THE PRESBYTERS

PAPA TO HIS HEIR, A FAST MINOR. PUNCH

SELLING OFF AT THE OPERA HOUSE A POETICAL CATALOGUE. PUNCH

WONDERS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE. PUNCH

TO THE PORTRAIT OF "A GENTLEMAN," IN THE ATHENAEUM GALLERY. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

MY AUNT. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

COMIC MISERIES. JOHN G. SAXE

IDEES NAPOLEONIENNES. WILLIAM AYTOUN

THE LAY OF THE LOVER'S FRIEND WILLIAM AYTOUN

PARODIES AND BURLESQUES

WINE. JOHN GAY

ODE ON SCIENCE. DEAN SWIFT

A LOVE SONG, IN THE MODERN TASTE. DEAN SWIFT

BAUCIS AND PHILEMON

ON THE EVER-LAMENTED LOSS OF THE TWO YEW-TREES IN THE PARISH OF CHILTHORNE, SOMERSET. IMITATED FROM THE EIGHTH BOOK OF OVID. DEAN SWIFT

A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER IN IMITATION OP VIRGIL'S GEORGICS. DEAN SWIFT

THE PROGRESS OF CURIOSITY; OR A ROYAL VISIT TO WHITBKEAD'S BREWERY. PETER PINDAR

BIRTH-DAY ODE

THE AUTHOR AND THE STATESMAN [ADDRESSED BY FIELDING TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.]

THE WIDOW. SAPPHIOS

KNIFE-GRINDER

FRIEND OF HUMANITY

INSCRIPTION

FOR THE DOOR OF THE CELL IN NEWGATE, WHERE MRS. BROWNRIGG, THE 'PRENTICE-CIDE WAS CONFINED PREVIOUS TO HER EXECUTION.* FROM THE ANTI-JACOBIN. 1797

*INSCRIPTION BY SOUTHEY. FOR THE APARTMENT IN CHEPSTOW CASTLE, WHERE HENRY MARTEN, THE REGICIDE WAS IMPRISONED THIRTY YEARS

SUNG BY ROGERO IN THE BURLESQUE PLAY OF "THE ROVER." FROM THE ANTI-JACOBIN, 1798. CANNING. I

THE AMATORY SONNETS OF ABEL SHUFFLEBOTTOM. ROBERT SOUTHEY

I. DELIA AT PLAY

II. THE POET PROVES THE EXISTENCE OF A SOUL FROM HIS LOVE FOR DELIA

III. THE POET EXPRESSES HIS FEELINGS RESPECTING A PORTRAIT IN DELIA'S PARLOR

THE LOVE ELEGIES OF ABEL SHUFFLEBOTTOM. ROBERT SOUTHEY

I. THE POET RELATES HOW HE OBTAINED DELIA'S POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF

II. THE POET EXPATIATES ON THE BEAUTY OF DELIA'S HAIR

III. THE POET RELATES HOW HE STOLE A LOCK OF DELIA S HAIR, AND HER ANGER

A BURLESQUE IMITATION OF WORDSWORTH.—REJECTED ADDRESSES JAMES SMITH

PLAY-HOUSE MUSINGS. A BURLESQUE IMITATION OF COLERIDGE.—REJECTED ADDRESSES. JAMES SMITH

[A BURLESQUE IMITATION OF CEABBE.—REJECTED ADDRESSES.] JAMES SMITH

[A BURLESQUE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT'S METRICAL ROMANCES. REJECTED ADDRESSES.] HORACE SMITH

THE NIGHT

THE BURNING

THE REVIVAL

DRURY'S DIRGE. [BY LAUBA MATILDA.—REJECTED ADDRESSES.] HORACE SMITH

WHAT IS LIFE BY "ONE OF THE FANCY." BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE

FRAGMENTS. [BY A FREE-LOVER.] BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, 1823

THE CONFESSION. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE

THE MILLING-MATCH BETWEEN ENTELLUS AND DARES. TRANSLATED FROM THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE AENEID, BY ONE OF THE FANCY. THOMAS MOORE

RAISING THE DEVIL. A LEGEND OF CORNELIUS AGRIPPA. R. HARRIS BARHAM

AN ODE TO BE PERFORMED ON THE OPENING OF THE NEW COLLEGE. R. HARRIS BARHAM

GRAND CHORUS:

DOMESTIC POEMS. THOMAS HOOD. I

GOOD-NIGHT

II. A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON, AGED THREE YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS

III. A SERENADE

ODE TO PERRY, THE INVENTOR OF THE STEEL PEN. THOMAS HOOD

A THEATRICAL CURIOSITY. CRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUS

SIDDONS AND HER MAID. W. S. LANDOR

THE SECRET SORROW. PUNCH

SONG FOR PUNCH DRINKERS. AFTER SCHILLER. PUNCH

THE SONG OF THE HUMBUGGED HUSBAND. PUNCH

TEMPERANCE SONG. PUNCH. AIR—FRIEND OF MY SOUL

LINES

MADNESS. PUNCH

THE BANDIT'S FATE. PUNCH

LINES WRITTEN AFTER A BATTLE. BY AN ASSISTANT SURGEON OF THE NINETEENTH NANKEENS. PUNCH

THE PHRENOLOGIST TO HIS MISTRESS. PUNCH

THE CHEMIST TO HIS LOVE. PUNCH

A BALLAD OF BEDLAM. PUNCH

STANZAS TO AN EGG. [BY A SPOON.] PUNCH

A FRAGMENT. PUNCH

EATING SONG. PUNCH

THE SICK CHILD. [BY THE HONOBABLE WILHELMINA SKEGGS.] PUNCH

THE IMAGINATIVE CRISIS. PUNCH

LINES TO BESSY. [BY A STUDENT AT LAW.] PUNCH

MONODY ON THE DEATH OF AN ONLY CLIENT. PUNCH

LOVE ON THE OCEAN. PUNCH

PARODY FOR A REFORMED PARLIAMENT. PUNCH

THE WAITER. PUNCH

THE LAST APPENDIX TO "YANKEE DOODLE." PUNCH, 1851

LINES FOR MUSIC. PUNCH

DRAMA FOR EVERY-DAY LIFE. LUDGATE HILL.—A MYSTERY. PUNCH

ENTER BLIND VOCALIST

ENTER BROWN AND JONES. MEETING, THEY STOP AND SHAKE HANDS MOST CORDIALLY FOR SEVERAL MINUTES

JONES AT THE BARBER'S SHOP. PUNCH

SCENE.—A Barber's Shop. Barber's men engaged in cutting hair, making wigs, and other barberesque operations

THE SATED ONE. [IMPROMPTU AFTER CHRISTMAS DINNER.] PUNCH

FRIEND OF SELF-GOVERNMENT

CAB-DRIVER

FRIEND OF SELF—GOVERNMENT

CURRY

THE RAILWAY GILPIN. PUNCH

THE EPITAPH

"THE BLANKET IS ENGLAND: THE BOA THE POPE, WILL THE POPE DISGORGE HIS BULL?" "THE BLANKET'S FREE TRADE: THE CORN-GORGED FOLK IS THE BOA WITH PLENTY STIFLED!" "THE BLANKET'S REFORM TO GAG THE MOB, AND NAUGHT TO SATISFY!"

PART FIRST

PART SECOND

"A BOOK IN A BUSTLE." A TRUE TALE OF THE WARWICK ASSIZES. BY THE GHOST OF CRABBE. PUNCH

STANZAS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL. PUNCH

I. ON A TEAR WHICH ANGELINA OBSERVED TRICKLING DOWN MY NOSE AT DINNER TIME

II. OM MY REFUSING ANGELINA A KISS UNDER THE MISTLETOE

III. ON MY FINDING ANGELINA STOP SUDDENLY IN A RAPID AFTER-SUPPER POLKA AT MRS. TOMPKINS'S BALL

COLLOQUY ON A CAB-STAND. ADAPTED FOR THE BOUDOIR. PUNCH

THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. AN ENGLISH CRITICISM PUNCH

COMFORT IN AFFLICTION. WILLIAM AYTOUN

THE HUSBAND'S PETITION. WILLIAM AYTOUN

THE BITER BIT. WILLIAM AYTOUN

A MIDNIGHT MEDITATION. BY SIR E——— B——— L———. WILLIAM AYTOUN

THE DIRGE OF THE DRINKER. BY W———E———A———, ESQ. WILLIAM AYTOUN

FRANCESCA DA RIMINI. TO BON GAULTIER. WILLIAM AYTOUN

LOUIS NAPOLEON'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY WILLIAM AYTOUN

THE BATTLE OF THE BOULEVARD WILLIAM AYTOUN

PUFFS POETICAL. WILLIAM AYTOUM

I. PARIS AND HELEN

II. TARQUIN AND THE AUGUR

REFLECTIONS OF A PROUD PEDESTRIAN. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

EVENING. BY A TAILOR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

PHAETHON; OR, THE AMATEUR COACHMAN. JOHN G. SAXX

MORAL

THE SCHOOL-HOUSE. [AFTER GOLDSMITH.] JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

EPIGRAMMATIC

EPIGRAMS OF BEN JONSON

TO FINE GRAND

TO BRAINHARDY

TO DOCTOR EMPIRIC

TO SIR ANNUAL FILTER

ON CHEVRIL THE LAWYER

EPIGRAMATIC VERSES BY SAMUEL BUTLER

OPINION

CRITICS

HYPOCRISY

POLISH

THE GODLY

PIETY

MARRIAGE

POETS

PUFFING

POLITICIANS

FEAR

THE LAW

THE SAME

THE SAME

CONFESSION

SMATTERERS

BAD WRITERS

THE OPINIONATIVE

LANGUAGE OF THE LEARNED

GOOD WRITING

COURTIERS

INVENTIONS

LOGICIANS

LABORIOUS WRITERS

ON A CLUB OF SOTS

HOLLAND

WOMEN

EPIGRAMS OF EDMUND WALLEB

A PAINTED LADY WITH ILL TEETH

OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE DWARFS

EPIGRAMS OF MATTHEW PRIOR

A SIMILE

THE FLIES

PHILLIS'S AGE

TO THE DUKE DE NOALLES

ON BISHOP ATTERBURY

FORMA BONUM FRAGILE

EARNING A DINNER

BIBO AND CHARON

THE PEDANT

EPIGRAMS OF JOSEPH ADDISON. THE COUNTESS OF MANCHESTER

TO AN ILL-FAVORED LADY. [IMITATED FROM MARTIAL.]

TO A CAPBICIOUS FEIEND. [IMITATED FROM MARTIAL.]

TO A ROGUE. [IMITATED FROM MARTIAL.]

EPIGRAMS OF ALEXANDER POPE

ON MRS. TOFTS. (A CELEBRATED OPERA SINGER.)

TO A BLOCKHEAD

THE FOOL AND THE POET

EPIGRAMS OF DEAN SWIFT

ON BURNING A DULL POEM

THE CUDGELED HUSBAND

ON SEEING VERSES WRITTEN UPON WINDOWS AT INNS

ON THE CHURCH'S DANGER

ON ONE DELACOURT'S COMPLIMENTING CARTHY ON HIS POETRY

ON A USURER

TO MRS. BIDDY FLOYD; OR, THE RECEIPT TO FORM A BEAUTY

THE REVERSE; OR, MRS. CLUDD

THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED

THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

PAULUS THE LAWYER. LINDSAY

EPIGRAMS BY THOMAS SHERIDAN

ON A CARICATURE

ON DEAN SWIFT'S PROPOSED HOSPITAL FOR LUNATICS

WHICH IS WHICH. BYRON

ON SOME LINES OF LOPEZ DE VEGA. DR. JOHNSON

ON SCOTLAND. CLEVELAND

EPIGRAMS OF PETER PINDAR

EDMUND BURKE'S ATTACK ON WARREN HASTINGS

ON THE CONCLUSION OF HIS ODES

THE LEX TALIONIS UPON BENJAMIN WEST

BARRY'S ATTACK UPON SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS

ON THE DEATH OP MR. HONE, R. A

ON GEORGE THE THIRD'S PATRONAGE OF BENJAMIN WEST

ANOTHER ON THE SAME

EPITAPH ON PETER STAGGS

TRAY'S EPITAPH

ON A STONE THROWN AT A VERY GREAT MAN, BUT WHICH MISSED HIM

A CONSOLATORY STANZA TO LADY MOUNT E—, ON THE DEATH OF HER PIG CUPID

EPIGRAMS BY ROBERT BURNS

THE POET'S CHOICE

ON A CELEBRATED RULING ELDER

ON JOHN DOVE. INNKEEPER OF MAUCHLINE

ON ANDREW TURNER

ON A SCOTCH COXCOMB

ON GRIZZEL GRIM

ON A WAG IN MAUCHLINE

EPITAPH ON W—

ON A SUICIDE

EPIGRAMS FROM THE GERMAN OF LESSING

NIGER

A NICE POINT

TRUE NOBILITY

TO A LIAR

MENDAX

THE BAD-WIFE

THE DEAD MISER

ON FELL

THE BAD ORATOR

THE WISE CHILD

SPECIMEN OF THE LACONIC

CUPID AND MERCURY, OR THE BARGAIN

FRITZ

ON DORILIS

TO A SLOW WALKER AND QUICK EATER

ON TWO BEAUTIFUL ONE-EYED SISTERS

THE PER-CONTRA, OR MATRIMONIAL BALANCE

EPIGRAMS S. T. COLERIDGE

EXPECTORATION THE SECOND

AVARO. [STOLEN FROM LESSING.]

BEELZEBUB AND JOB

SENTIMENTAL

AN ETERNAL POEM

BAD POETS

TO MR. ALEXANDRE, THE VENTRILOQUIST. SIR WALTER SCOTT

FRENCH AND ENGLISH. ERSKINE

EPIGRAMS BY THOMAS MOORE

TO SIR HUDSON LOWE

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CATHOLIC DELEGATE AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS DUKE OF CUMBERLAND

TO MISS——

TO——

UPON BEING OBLIGED TO LEAVE A PLEASANT PARTY FROM THE WANT OF A PAIR OF BREECHES TO DRESS FOR DINNER IN

WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE?

FROM THE FRENCH

A JOKE VERSIFIED

THE SURPRISE

ON——

ON A SQUINTING POETESS

ON A TUET-HUNTER

THE KISS

EPITAPH ON A WELL-KNOWN POET—(ROBERT SOUTHEY.)

THE RABBINICAL ORIGIN OF WOMEN

ANACREONTIQUE

SPECULATION

ON BUTLER'S MONUMENT. REV. SAMUEL WESLEY

ON THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE WHIG ASSOCIATES OP THE PRINCE REGENT, AT NOT OBTAINING OFFICE. CHARLES LAMB

ON LORD DUDLEY AND WARD. SAMUEL ROGERS

EPIGRAMS OF LORD BYRON

TO THE AUTHOR OF A SONNET BEGINNING "'SAD IS MY VERSE,' YOU SAY, 'AND YET NO TEAR.'"

WINDSOR POETICS

ON A CARRIER WHO DIED OF DRUNKENNESS

EPIGRAMS OF BARHAM

ON THE WINDOWS OF KING'S COLLEGE REMAINING BOARDED

NEW-MADE HONOR. [IMITATED FROM MARTIAL.]

EHEU FUGACES

ANONYMOUS EPIGRAMS

ON A PALE LADY WITH A RED-NOSED HUSBAND

UPON POPE'S TRANSLATION OF HOMER

RECIPE FOR A MODERN BONNET

MY WIFE AND I

ON TWO GENTLEMEN,

WELLINGTON'S NOSE

THE SMOKER

AN ESSAY ON THE UNDERSTANDING

TO A LIVING AUTHOR

EPIGRAMS BY THOMAS HOOD

ON THE ART-UNIONS

THE SUPERIORITY OF MACHINERY

EPIGRAMS BY W. SAVAGE LANDOR

ON OBSERVING A VULGAR NAME ON THE PLINTH OF AN ANCIENT STATUE

LYING IN STATE

EPIGRAMS FROM PUNCH. THE CAUSE

IRISH PARTICULAR

ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER

STICKY

THE POET FOILED

BLACK AND WHITE

INQUEST—NOT EXTRAORDINARY

DOMESTIC ECONOMY

ON SEEING AN EXECUTION

A VOICE, AND NOTHING ELSE

THE AMENDE HONORABLE

THE CZAR

BAS BLEU

TO A RICH YOUNG WIDOW

THE RAILWAY OP LIFE

A CONJUGAL CONUNDRUM

NUMBERS ALTERED

GRAMMAR FOR THE COURT OF BERLIN

THE EMPTY BOTTLE. WILLIAM AYTOUN

THE DEATH OF DOCTOR MORRISON. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY

EPIGRAMS BY JOHN G. SAXE

ON A RECENT CLASSIC CONTROVERSY

ANOTHER

ON AN ILL-READ LAWYER

ON AN UGLY PERSON SITTING FOR A DAGUERREOTYPE

WOMAN'S WILL

FAMILY QUARRELS

A REVOLUTIONARY HERO. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

EPIGRAMS OF HALPIN

THE LAST RESORT

FEMININE ARITHMETIC. LAURA

MAMMA

LAURA

THE MUSHROOM HUNT

JUPITER AMANS. DEDICATED TO VICTOR HUGO. LONDON LEADER

THE ORATOR'S EPITAPH. LORD BROUGHAM

ECCENTRIC AND NONDESCRIPT

THE JOVIAL PRIEST'S CONFESSION. TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN OF WALTER DE MAPES, TIME OF HENRY II. LEIGH HUNT

TONIS AD RESTO MARE. ANONYMOUS

DIC. DEAN SWIFT

MOLL. DEAN SWIFT

TO MY MISTRESS. DEAN SWIFT

A LOVE SONG. DEAN SWIFT

A GENTLE ECHO ON WOMAN

IN THE DORIC MANNER. DEAN SWIFT

TO MY NOSE. ANONYMOUS

ROGER AND DOLLY. BLACKWOOD

THE IRISHMAN. BLACKWOOD

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

A _CAT_ALECTIC MONODY! CRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUS

A NEW SONG OF NEW SIMILES. JOHN BAY

REMINISCENCES OP A SENTIMENTALIST. THOMAS HOOD

FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. THOMAS HOOD

NO! THOMAS HOOD

JACOB OMNIUM'S HOSS A NEW PALLICE COURT CHANT. W. MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

PLEACEMAN X. THE WOFLE NEW BALLAD OF JANE RONEY AND MARY BROWN. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

THE BALLAD OF ELIZA DAVIS. W. MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

THE LAMENTABLE BALLAD OF THE FOUNDLING OF SHOREDITCH. W. MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

PLEACEMAN X. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. W. MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

THE SPECULATORS. W. MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

LETTER

FROM MR. HOSEA BIGLOW TO THE HON. J. T. BUCKINGHAM, EDITOR OF THE BOSTON COURIER, COVERING A LETTER FROM MR. B. SAWIN, PRIVATE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT IN MEXICO. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

A LETTER

FROM A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN ANSWER TO SUTTIN QUESTIONS PROPOSED BY MR. HOSEA BIGLOW, INCLOSED IN A NOTE FROM MR. BIGLOW TO S. H. GAY, ESQ., EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD. JAMES RUSSEL LOWELL

P.S

THE CANDIDATE'S CREED. (BIGLOW PAPERS.) JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

THE COURTIN'. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

A SONG FOR A CATARRH. PUNCH

EPITAPH ON A CANDLE. PUNCH

POETRY ON AN IMPROVED PRINCIPLE. A RENCONTER WITH A TEA-TOTALLER. PUNCH

ON A REJECTED NOSEGAY, OFFERED BY THE AUTHOR TO A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY, WHO RETURNED IT. PUNCH

A SERENADE. PUNCH

AN INVITATION TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS PUNCH

THE PEOPLE AND THEIR PALACE. IMPROVISED BY A FINE GENTLEMAN. PUNCH

A "SWELL'S" HOMAGE TO MRS. STOWE PUNCH

THE EXCLUSIVE'S BROKEN IDOL. PUNCH

AFFECTING COPY OF VERSES (WITH NOTES)

EPITAPH ON A LOCOMOTIVE. BY THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF A DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT (NO BLAME TO BE ATTACHED TO ANY SERVANTS OF THE COMPANY). PUNCH

"HER END WAS PIECES." THE TICKET OF LEAVE. [AS SUNG BY THE HOLDER, AMID A CONVIVIAL CIRCLE IN THE SLUMS.] PUNCH

A POLKA LYRIC. BARCLAY PHILLIPS

A SUNNIT TO THE BIG OX

COMPOSED WHILE STANDING WITHIN 2 FEET OF HIM, AND A TUCHIN' OF HIM NOW AND THEN. ANONYMOUS

ENIGMATIC

RIDDLES BY MATTHEW PRIOR

TWO RIDDLES

ENIGMA

ANOTHER

A MAYPOLE

ON THE MOON

ON INK

ON A CIRCLE

ON A PEN

A FAN

ON A CANNON

ON THE FIVE SENSES

ON SNOW

ON A CANDLE

ON A CORKSCREW

AN ECHO

ON THE VOWELS

ON A PAIR OF DICE

ON A SHADOW IN A GLASS

ON TIME

CATALOGUE OF SOURCES

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