The Book of Humorous VerseGeorge H. Doran Company, 1920 - 962 páginas |
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There be two men of all mankind That I'm forever thinking on ; They chase me everywhere I go , — Melchizedek , Ucalegon . Edwin Arlington Robinson . A FAMILIAR LETTER TO SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS YES , write if you want to - there's ...
There be two men of all mankind That I'm forever thinking on ; They chase me everywhere I go , — Melchizedek , Ucalegon . Edwin Arlington Robinson . A FAMILIAR LETTER TO SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS YES , write if you want to - there's ...
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... There are no books inside , for books , I am afraid , might spoil its looks . But I've three busts , all second - hand ... there's dust upon his nose . I'll have to give each nose a sheath- Shake , Mulleary and Go - ethe . III Mulleary's ...
... There are no books inside , for books , I am afraid , might spoil its looks . But I've three busts , all second - hand ... there's dust upon his nose . I'll have to give each nose a sheath- Shake , Mulleary and Go - ethe . III Mulleary's ...
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... there picturesque In working ? But no ! -to loaf were misery ! — I love to work ! Hang isles of coral ! ( To end this ... There's the mossy situation ; One may confidently look For the trite triangulation . Old as time , but ever new ...
... there picturesque In working ? But no ! -to loaf were misery ! — I love to work ! Hang isles of coral ! ( To end this ... There's the mossy situation ; One may confidently look For the trite triangulation . Old as time , but ever new ...
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... ( there's a name that would adorn a king ) , But Morris Baker was the name they called the man I sing . He lived in New York City in the Street that's labeled Spring ( Chosen because it rhymed ) . Now Baker was a lonesome youth and wanted ...
... ( there's a name that would adorn a king ) , But Morris Baker was the name they called the man I sing . He lived in New York City in the Street that's labeled Spring ( Chosen because it rhymed ) . Now Baker was a lonesome youth and wanted ...
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... there is a hateful habit Making man a senseless tool , With the feelings of a rabbit And the wisdom of a mule ; It's ... there's any glorious custom Which our faults can dissipate , And can casually thrust ' em Out of sight and make us ...
... there is a hateful habit Making man a senseless tool , With the feelings of a rabbit And the wisdom of a mule ; It's ... there's any glorious custom Which our faults can dissipate , And can casually thrust ' em Out of sight and make us ...
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Página 865 - 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...
Página 562 - 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.
Página 932 - 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!...
Página 565 - 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.
Página 381 - 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.
Página 108 - 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'.
Página 423 - 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?
Página 565 - 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!
Página 579 - 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.
Página 578 - 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...