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Page 195
... wife ? ' Said the Yonghy - Bonghy - Bò . ' I am tired of living singly , – On this coast so wild and shingly , - I'm a - weary of my life ; If you'll come and be my wife , Quite serene would be my life ! ' - Said the Yonghy - Bonghy ...
... wife ? ' Said the Yonghy - Bonghy - Bò . ' I am tired of living singly , – On this coast so wild and shingly , - I'm a - weary of my life ; If you'll come and be my wife , Quite serene would be my life ! ' - Said the Yonghy - Bonghy ...
Page 293
... Wife ' Come , come , ' said Tom's father , ' at your time of life , There's no longer excuse for thus playing the rake . It's time you should think , boy , of taking a wife . ' ' Why so it is , father . Whose wife shall I take ...
... Wife ' Come , come , ' said Tom's father , ' at your time of life , There's no longer excuse for thus playing the rake . It's time you should think , boy , of taking a wife . ' ' Why so it is , father . Whose wife shall I take ...
Page 421
... wife of Deacon Amos Shute . She died of drinking too much coffee , Anny Dominy , eighteen forty . ( FROM CONNECTICUT ) Reader , pass on ! - don't waste your time On bad biography and bitter rhyme ; For what I am , this cumbrous clay ...
... wife of Deacon Amos Shute . She died of drinking too much coffee , Anny Dominy , eighteen forty . ( FROM CONNECTICUT ) Reader , pass on ! - don't waste your time On bad biography and bitter rhyme ; For what I am , this cumbrous clay ...
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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