The Shepherd’s Week : Friday; or, The Dirge (John Gay Poems)
Bumkinet, GrubbinolBumkinet.Why, Grubbinol, dost thou so wistful seem?There's sorrow in thy look, if right I deem.'Tis true, yon oaks with ...
Bumkinet, GrubbinolBumkinet.Why, Grubbinol, dost thou so wistful seem?There's sorrow in thy look, if right I deem.'Tis true, yon oaks with ...
IN ancient times, as story tells,The saints would often leave their cells,And stroll about, but hide their quality,To try good ...
A MAN of peace, I never dared to marry,Lover of tranquil hours, I dwelt apart;Outside the realm where noisy schemes ...
The tree of deepest root is foundLeast willing still to quit the ground;Twas therefore said, by ancient sages,That love of ...
I am not ambitious at all: I am not a poet, I know (Though I do love to see a mere scrawl To ...
'Tis evident that such a nameAs mine to Mr. Dobson came,Like Cinderella's shoe—it fitThe foot; so, on he buckled it.Always ...
DISPOSED to wed, e'en while you hasten, stay;There's great advantage in a small delay:Thus Ovid sang, and much the wise ...
Gelett Burgess' original poem…A Purple Cow I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I ...
(As Austin Dobson might have written it)Their pail they must fill In a crystalline springlet,Brave Jack and fair Jill.Their pail ...
There is a river clear and fair,'Tis neither broad nor narrow;It winds a little here and thereIt winds about like ...
WALT WHITMAN TO AUSTIN DOBSON I who have walked splay-footed in hobnailed boots, I who have written at large in ...
The cock is crowing,The cows are lowing,The ducks are quarking,The dogs are barking,The ass is braying,The horse is neighing;Was there ...
The cock is crowing,The cows are lowing,The ducks are quarking,The dogs are barking,The ass is braying,The horse is neighing;Was there ...
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