The Spectacles (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone,So oft their freaks have in my page been shown.The subject may at ...
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone,So oft their freaks have in my page been shown.The subject may at ...
A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name),But little preached, except when vintage came;And then no preparation he requiredOn this he ...
Let those who're fond of idle tricks,Of throwing stones, and hurling bricks, And all that sort of fun,Now hear a tale ...
I hated them when I was four years old,The bright pink berries on the pepper tree.And now they seem quite ...
THE STRUGGLES OF CONSCIENCE.A serious Toyman in the city dwelt,Who much concern for his religion felt;Reading, he changed his tenets, ...
Fred And Bill. Two twins were once born in a Bedfordshire home; Such events in the best managed households may ...
There was once a little animal,No bigger than a fox,And on five toes he scamperedOver Tertiary rocks.They called him Eohippus,And ...
Once an anthropoidal ape, Hairy, savage, strange of shape,On a day that was excessively B.C., In a forest damp ...
An ancient ape, once on a time,Disliked exceedingly to climb, And so he picked him out a treeAnd said, "now ...
LET those who're fond of idle tricks,Of throwing stones, and hurling bricks,And all that sort of fun,Now hear a tale ...
I cannot but rememberWhen the year grows old — October — November — How she disliked the cold! She used ...
Signor MussoliniDisliked the name SweeneyAnyone bearing it, he said,Would get a clump on the head.(Edmund Clerihew Bentley)
When the King of Siam disliked a courtier, he gave him a beautiful white elephant. The miracle beast deserved such ...
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone, So oft their freaks have in my page been shown. The subject ...
A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name), But little preached, except when vintage came; And then no preparation he required ...
Let those who're fond of idle tricks, Of throwing stones, and hurling bricks, And all that sort of fun, Now ...
Let Dew, house of Dew rejoice with Xanthenes a precious stone of an amber colour. Let Round, house of Round ...
Fear, like a living fire that only death Might one day cool, had now in Avon's eyes Been witness for ...
I cannot but remember When the year grows old- October-November- How she disliked the cold! She used to watch the ...
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