A Choice of Comic and Curious VerseJohn Michael Cohen |
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... cold ducks a - swimming in the hampers , And volunteer , unask'd , to wash the dishes ? Why drive the Nymphs from the selected spot , To cling like lady - birds around a tree – Why spoil a Gipsy party at their tea , By throwing your cold ...
... cold ducks a - swimming in the hampers , And volunteer , unask'd , to wash the dishes ? Why drive the Nymphs from the selected spot , To cling like lady - birds around a tree – Why spoil a Gipsy party at their tea , By throwing your cold ...
Page 186
... cold without ' , ' hot with ' , ' heavy wet , ' Ale - glasses and jugs , And rummers and mugs , And sand on the floor , without carpets or rugs , Cold fowl and cigars , Pickled onions in jars , 186 COMIC AND CURIOUS VERSE.
... cold without ' , ' hot with ' , ' heavy wet , ' Ale - glasses and jugs , And rummers and mugs , And sand on the floor , without carpets or rugs , Cold fowl and cigars , Pickled onions in jars , 186 COMIC AND CURIOUS VERSE.
Page 221
... cold , cold SEA . LEWIS CARROLL The Pelican Chorus King and Queen of the Pelicans we ; No other birds so grand as we ! None but we have feet like fins ! With lovely leathery throats and chins ! Ploffskin , Pluffskin , Pelican jee ! We ...
... cold , cold SEA . LEWIS CARROLL The Pelican Chorus King and Queen of the Pelicans we ; No other birds so grand as we ! None but we have feet like fins ! With lovely leathery throats and chins ! Ploffskin , Pluffskin , Pelican jee ! We ...
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A. G. PRYS-JONES ain't ANON beer bird bleed'n blow me eyes blue Cam-u-el CHRISTIAN MORGENSTERN CHRISTIAN MORGENSTERN translated cold cried D. B. WYNDHAM LEWIS dead dear Doctor door drink father feet Finnigin Flannigan galoshes girl gone grave green hair HARRY GRAHAM head hear heard heart HILAIRE BELLOC Horny Hogan J. B. MORTON John Jones JUSTIN RICHARDSON keep King knew Lady laugh legs little vulgar Boy live look Lord Tomnoddy maid married morning MORRIS BISHOP mother never night nose o'er OGDEN NASH once Poems poor pray Punch magazine R. F. C. HULL reprinted by permission Reproduced from Punch rhyme round sing smiled song soul street sweet tell thee There's things THOMAS HOOD thou thought took Twas W. H. AUDEN wife wish Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò young