Richard Harris Barham Poems (20 Poems)
The Bagman’s Dog, : Mr. Peters’s Story (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
Stant littore Puppies!– Virgil. It was a litter, a litter of five,Four are drown’d and one left alive,He was thought worthy alone to survive;And the Bagman resolved upon bringing him up,To eat of his bread, and to drink of his … Continue reading
The Merchant of Venice,: A Legend of Italy (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
I believe there are fewBut have heard of a Jew,Named Shylock, of Venice, as arrant a ‘screw’In money transactions as ever you knew;An exorbitant miser, who never yet lentA ducat at less than three hundred per cent.,Insomuch that the veriest … Continue reading
A Lay of St. Gengulphus (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
‘Non multo post, Gengulphus, in domo sua dormiens, occisus est a quodam clerico qui cum uxore sua adulterare solebat. Cujus corpus dum in fereto in sepulturam portaretur, multi infirmi de tactu sanati sunt.’ ‘Cum hoc illius uxori referretur ab ancilla … Continue reading
Some Account of a New Play (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
‘The play’s the thing!’– Hamlet. Tavistock Hotel, Nov. 1839.Dear Charles,– In reply to your letter, and Fanny’s,Lord Brougham, it appears, isn’t dead,– though Queen Anne is;‘Twas a ‘plot’ and a ‘farce’– you hate farces, you say –Take another ‘plot,’ then, … Continue reading
The Ghost, (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
There stands a City,– neither large nor small,Its air and situation sweet and pretty;It matters very little — if at all –Whether its denizens are dull or witty,Whether the ladies there are short or tall,Brunettes or blondes, only, there stands … Continue reading
‘Look at The Clock!’ : Patty Morgan The Milkmaid’s Story (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
FYTTE I. ‘Look at the Clock!’ quoth Winifred Pryce,As she open’d the door to her husband’s knock,Then paus’d to give him a piece of advice,‘You nasty Warmint, look at the Clock!Is this the way, youWretch, every day youTreat her who … Continue reading
A Lay of St. Nicholas (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
‘Statim sacerdoti apparuit diabolus in specie puell (Richard Harris Barham)
The Lay of St. Odille (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
Odille was a maid of a dignified race;Her father, Count Otto, was lord of Alsace;Such an air, such a grace,Such a form, such a face,All agreed ’twere a fruitless endeavour to traceIn the Court, or within fifty miles of the … Continue reading
The Hand of Glory, : The Nurse’s Story (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
Malefica quaedam auguriatrix in Anglia fuit, quam demones horribiliter extraxerunt, et imponentes super equum terribilem, per aera rapuerunt; Clamoresque terribiles (ut ferunt) per quatuor ferme miliaria audiebantur. Nuremb. Chron. On the lone bleak moor,At the midnight hour,Beneath the Gallows Tree,Hand … Continue reading
The Cynotaph, (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
Poor Tray charmant!Poor Tray de mon Ami!– Dog-bury, and Vergers. Oh! where shall I bury my poor dog Tray,Now his fleeting breath has pass’d away?Seventeen years, I can venture to say,Have I seen him gambol, and frolic, and play,Evermore happy, … Continue reading
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