The Book of Humorous VerseCarolyn Wells |
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Page 256
... mind ! Roll on ! Roll on , thou ball , roll on ! Through seas of inky air Roll on ! It's true I've got no shirts to wear ; It's true my butcher's bill is due ; It's true my prospects all look blue ; But don't let that unsettle you ...
... mind ! Roll on ! Roll on , thou ball , roll on ! Through seas of inky air Roll on ! It's true I've got no shirts to wear ; It's true my butcher's bill is due ; It's true my prospects all look blue ; But don't let that unsettle you ...
Page 502
... mind , and , fluttering by , My Lydia's graceful draperies , At home , alone . ( As it might have been constructed in 1744 , Oliver Goldsmith , at 19 , writing the first stanza , and Alexander Pope , at 52 , the second . ) HOME ! at the ...
... mind , and , fluttering by , My Lydia's graceful draperies , At home , alone . ( As it might have been constructed in 1744 , Oliver Goldsmith , at 19 , writing the first stanza , and Alexander Pope , at 52 , the second . ) HOME ! at the ...
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... mind , The less in mind , the lesser pain , The lesser pain , less grief I find , The lesser grief , the greater gain , The greater gain , the merrier I , Therefore I wish thy sight to fly . The further off , the more I joy , The.
... mind , The less in mind , the lesser pain , The lesser pain , less grief I find , The lesser grief , the greater gain , The greater gain , the merrier I , Therefore I wish thy sight to fly . The further off , the more I joy , The.
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Ahkond of Swat ain't Akhoond BALLAD beautiful bird black crow blow blue Bouillabaisse Brown Charles Stuart Calverley cried cursed dead dear Edward Lear eyes face fair father Frederick Locker-Lampson Gelett Burgess girl give grew hair hand head heard heart James Kenneth Stephen John kiss knew lady laugh live look Lord maid maiden married Mary merry moon morning mother ne'er never night nose o'er Oliver Herford play poor pray pretty purple quoth rhyme rose round Sam Walter Foss sigh sing smile song soul sure Swat sweet tail tears tell thee There's thing Thomas Hood thou thought took town turned twas Unknown W. M. Thackeray W. S. Gilbert walk wife wind wine wonder Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo young