Ode on a nearer prospect of summer hill (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
O Summer Hill! if thou wert mine,I'd order in a pipe of wine,And ask a dozen friends to dine.In faith, ...
O Summer Hill! if thou wert mine,I'd order in a pipe of wine,And ask a dozen friends to dine.In faith, ...
A woodcutter bought him a gander, Or at least that was what he supposed, As a matter of fact, 'twas a slander As ...
Hear me now, my hobby-horse, my steed of prancing paces!Time is it that you and I won something more than ...
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, ...
Every tomcat has his she-cat,Every gander has his she-goose,Every gentleman his lady,Every hired hand his she-maid.I, a man, an oak, ...
WHO INSISTED ON THE AUTHOR'S WRITING A POEM, ONMEETING BY APPOINTMENT WITH HER AND THREEOTHER LADIES AT AN INN ON ...
Felicity! Who ope'st to none that knocks, yet, laughing weak, ...
Now this is the ballad of Jeremy Jones, And likewise of Bobadil Brown,Of the Snooks and the Snaggers and Macs ...
I'd fain instruct you, pretty Bell,How you most others might excel;The Lesson's short, and mighty easy,I scorn with long Harangues ...
Through throats where many rivers meet, the curlews cry,Under the conceiving moon, on the high chalk hill,And there this night ...
There's a trade you all know well — It's bringing cattle over:I'll tell you all about the time ...
They must not talk....That strong and silent creature, The male of homo sapiens, bears the banWith calm aplomb. Speech is ...
I WANDERED lonely by the sea, As is my daily use, I saw her drive across the lea ...
Burnside, Burnside, whither doth thou wander?Up stream, down stream, like a crazy gander?(Anonymous Americas)
GOOSEY, goosey, gander,Whither will you wander?Upstairs and downstairs,And in my lady's chamber!(Beatrix Potter)
If you've ever stole a pheasant-egg be'ind the keeper's back, If you've ever snigged the washin' from the line, If ...
AY, 'twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor ...
I knew a woman, lovely in her bones, When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them; Ah, when ...
Well, I've waited mighty patient while they all came rolling in, Mister Lawson, Mister Dyson, and the others of their ...
"Aye," said the boozer, "I tell you it's true, sir, I once was a punter with plenty of pelf, But ...
Bring me a quart of colonial beer And some doughy damper to make good cheer, I must make a heavy ...
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