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 ...
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 ...
Now we are the rodent mariners,As nobody needs be told,For there's no mistaking our nautical airs,Our rolling eyes and bold;And ...
Light of triumph in her eyes,Eleanor her apron ties;As she pushes back her sleeves,High resolve her bosom heaves.Hasten, cook! impel ...
The valise is a female greyhound of the water-henfamily. Essentially transportable, she's distinguishedfrom the water-hen community by the fact that ...
When I have a house . . . as I sometime may . . .I'll suit my fancy in every ...
Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Of touch, or marble; nor canst boast a rowOf polish'd pillars, or ...
(The exile Meliboeus finds Tityrus in possession of his own farm,restored to him by the emperor Augustus, and a conversation ...
They climbed the trees . . . As was told before,The Glugs climbed trees in the days of yore, When ...
Freely I'd give ye cups of gold, Rich with the curious works of old; With coins and medals I'd present ...
AD C. SALLUSTIUM CRISPUMHorace: Book II, Ode 2_"Nellus argento color est avaris."_Sallust, I know you of old,How you hate the ...
1 A yellow band of light upon the street Pours from an open door, and makes a wide Pathway of ...
The little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning. The cobble-stones of ...
I Hoops Blue and pink sashes, Criss-cross shoes, Minna and Stella run out into the garden To play at hoop. ...
I see you, Maister Bawsy-brown, Through yonder lattice creepin'; You come for cream and to gar me dream, But you ...
A Child's Story Hamelin Town's in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city; The river Weser, deep and wide, Washes its wall ...
Dawson the Butler's dead: Although I think Poets were ne'er infusde with single drinke Ile spend a farthing muse; some ...
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