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
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Published by Good Press, 2019
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