Trivia ; or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London : Book II. (John Gay Poems)
Of Walking the Streets by Day.Thus far the Muse has trac'd in useful laysThe proper implements for wintry ways;Has taught ...
Of Walking the Streets by Day.Thus far the Muse has trac'd in useful laysThe proper implements for wintry ways;Has taught ...
Behind an unfrequented glade,Where yew and myrtle mix their shade,A widow Turtle pensive sat,And wept her murder'd lover's fate.The Sparrow ...
I've aften been thinkin', whan sittin' alane,Blin', dowie, an' cowerin' upon the hearth stane,On places an' faces I ken'd o' ...
The fagots blazed, the caldron's smokeUp through the green wood curled;"Bring honey from the hollow oak,Bring milky sap," the brewers ...
Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses,Which empties our police courts, and abolishes divorces.(Divorce is nearly obsolete in England.)No ...
Shiver the goblet and scatter the wine! Tempt me no more with the sight!I care not though brightly as ruby it ...
Garlick and onions, aid my woe,Ye crocodiles, your tears let flow,And Stirling-castle's large head now,Pour forth its streams, as rivers ...
A goose there was in Glasgow town,For beauty fam'd, a buxom lown,Near which a sparrow had his hole,A lech'rous bird, ...
With 'leven, it were not surprisingShould Abdul get another rising,Or with the bakers over thereOr brewers, he should get a ...
She had a desyre ofte to be weddeAnd also to lye in an other mannes beddeLytell rought she therforeShe is ...
Heavens bright Lamp, shine forth some of thy Light,But just so long to paint this dismal Night;Then draw thy beams, ...
1 COME closer to me; Push close, my lovers, and take the best I possess; Yield closer and closer, and ...
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