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... hair must be curly as any watch spring , And his whiskers as big as a brush for clothing . ' The words that she uttered went straight through my heart , I sobbed and I sighed , and straight did depart ; With a tear on my eyelid as big ...
... hair must be curly as any watch spring , And his whiskers as big as a brush for clothing . ' The words that she uttered went straight through my heart , I sobbed and I sighed , and straight did depart ; With a tear on my eyelid as big ...
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... hair of his own moustache ! Sorely surprised was he to find That his life thus hung on a single hair ; Had he been drinking until he grew blind , It would have been something more easy to bear ; Or had he been eating a cartload of trash ...
... hair of his own moustache ! Sorely surprised was he to find That his life thus hung on a single hair ; Had he been drinking until he grew blind , It would have been something more easy to bear ; Or had he been eating a cartload of trash ...
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... hair 72 As I was sticking hand - bills on Prince Albert's prim anatomy 247 As Nature H - y's Clay was blending 137 As Shakespeare couldn't write his plays As Thomas was cudgel'd 459 Tricks and Teases 229 Index of First Lines.
... hair 72 As I was sticking hand - bills on Prince Albert's prim anatomy 247 As Nature H - y's Clay was blending 137 As Shakespeare couldn't write his plays As Thomas was cudgel'd 459 Tricks and Teases 229 Index of First Lines.
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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