The Owl and The Bell (George MacDonald Poems)
Bing, Bim, Bang, Bome!Sang the Bell to himself in his house at home,High in the church-tower, lone and unseen,In a ...
Poems about genteel (21 Poems)
Toolangi (C J Dennis Poems)
He was obviously English, in his Harris tweeds and stockings.And his accent was of Oxford, and his swagger and his ...
Mr. and Mrs.Spikky Sparrow (Edward Lear Poems)
IOn a little piece of wood,Mr. Spikky Sparrow stood;Mrs. Sparrow sate close by,A-making of an insect pie,For her little children ...
The Clerk (C J Dennis Poems)
The unsoiled hand, the sleek, black coat, The senile, ledger-haunted hours,The knowledge that my freeman's vote Is humbly cast to ...
An Apt Pupil (C J Dennis Poems)
Knockin' about (said Benny, the Tough) By the Rocks an' Woolloomooloo,Oh, I was a low-brow, right enough, And a bit ...
Christmas Out Of Town (Anonymous British Poems)
For many a winter in Billiter LaneMy wife, Mrs. Brown, was ne'er heard to complain:At Christmas the family met there ...
Old Town Types No. 21 – Mr Woolin-Wister (C J Dennis Poems)
Mr Woolin-Wister was assistant at the store,He had an air of breeding, and the kind of clothes he woreWere very, ...
St. Anthony and his Pig. A Cantata (Frederick Forrest Poems)
RecitativeLet clownish Cymon, in fond rustic strains,To lovely Iphigene declare his pains;Let tink'ring Tom for dustcart Sylvia pine,I sing St. ...
A Different Route (C J Dennis Poems)
Say you have some great objective.Very well. Be calm, reflective;Make no vulgar show of vigor; 'tisn't good.Do not rush the ...
Archie’s An Archer (Carolina Oliphant Poems)
Air — "Airchie M'Vie."Archie's an archer, and a gude shot is he,But tho' he's hit mony, he never hit me;How ...
Mutton Pies for the Assizes (Ben Tyrrell Poems)
Behold, once more, facetious BenSteps from his paste to take the pen;And as the trumpets, shrill and loud,Precede the sheriff's ...
The Vulgar Little Lady (Ann Taylor Poems)
But, mamma, now, said Charlotte, "pray, don't you believe That I'm better than Jenny, my nurse? Only see my red ...
Clerihew – Peel (Edmund Clerihew Bentley Poems)
Sir Robert PeelSaid it was not genteelBut on the contrary, very rudeTo tax the people's food.(Edmund Clerihew Bentley)
V (Tony Harrison Poem)
'My father still reads the dictionary every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words.' Arthur ...
Is/Not (Margaret Atwood Poem)
Love is not a profession genteel or otherwise sex is not dentistry the slick filling of aches and cavities you ...
1. Song-Handsome Nell (Robert Burns Poems)
O ONCE I lov'd a bonie lass, Ay, and I love her still; And whilst that virtue warms my breast, ...
Respondez! (Walt Whitman Poems)
RESPONDEZ! Respondez! (The war is completed-the price is paid-the title is settled beyond recall;) Let every one answer! let those ...
To Ladies Of A Certain Age (John Trumbull Poems)
Ye ancient Maids, who ne'er must prove The early joys of youth and love, Whose names grim Fate (to whom ...
The Vulgar Little Lady (Ann Taylor Poems)
"But, mamma, now, " said Charlotte, "pray, don't you believe That I'm better than Jenny, my nurse? Only see my ...
Good-By Now or Pardon My Gauntlet (Ogden Nash Poems)
Bring down the moon for genteel Janet; She's too refined for this gross planet. She wears garments and you wear ...
All In a Family Way (Thomas Moore Poems)
My banks are all furnished with rags, So thick, even Freddy can't thin 'em; I've torn up my old money-bags, ...