Neighbour Peter’s Mare (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name),But little preached, except when vintage came;And then no preparation he requiredOn this he ...
Poems about ninny (21 Poems)
The Devil Of Pope-Fig Island (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
BY master Francis clearly 'tis expressed:The folks of Papimania are blessed;True sleep for them alone it seems was madeWith US ...
To A Lady Who Commanded Me To Send Her An Account In Verse (Mary Barber Poems)
How I succeed, you kindly ask;Yet set me on a grievous Task,When you oblige me to rehearse,The Censures past upon ...
Jim the Splitter (Henry Kendall Poems)
The bard who is singing of Wollombi JimIs hardly just now in the requisite trim To sit on his Pegasus fairly;Besides, ...
The Song of Ninian Melville (Henry Kendall Poems)
Sing the song of noisy Ninny - hang the Muses - spit it out!(Tuneful Nine ye needn't help me - ...
The Cobbler (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
WE'RE told, that once a cobbler, BLASE by name;A wife had got, whose charms so high in fame;But as it ...
The New Sister (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
Phil. SAY, Pete, do you like her?Pete. Like! love her you mean!Phil. Ain't she jolly and red?Pete. And hurrah for ...
A Study For The Critics (Maurice Thompson Poems)
A great king once, so I have heard,Went out to hunt a singing-birdWhose voice should be so sweet and strong,So ...
The Future of the Classics (Henry Cuyler Bunner Poems)
No longer, 0 scholars, shall PlautusBe taught us.No more shall professors be partialTo Martial.No ninnyWill stop playing "shinney"For Pliny.Not even ...
Baby’s First Word (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
WE watched our baby day by day,With earnest expectation,To hear his infant lips uncloseIn vague articulation.But weeks, nay weary months, ...
Two Or Three (John Keats Poems)
Two or three PosiesWith two or three simples--Two or three NosesWith two or three pimples--Two or three wise menAnd two ...
Oh! Had A Lover Serv’d Me So (James Bland Burges Poems)
Oh! had a lover serv'd me so, In spite of all his merit, I would be well reveng'd, and shew, Tho' I lov'd, ...
The New Bath Guide: Part I, Letter V (Christopher Anstey Poems)
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North. Salutations of Bath, and an Adventure of Mr. B---n---r---d's in ...
The New Bath Guide: Part I, Letter I (Christopher Anstey Poems)
Miss Jenny W---d---r, to Lady Eliz. M---d---ss, at --- Castle, North.A View from the Parades at Bath, with some Account ...
Ninny Nanny Netticoat (Beatrix Potter Poems)
Ninny Nanny Netticoat,In a white petticoat, With a red nose, —The longer she stands,The shorter she grows.(Beatrix Potter)
The Spectacles (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone, So oft their freaks have in my page been shown. The subject ...
The Cobbler (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
WE'RE told, that once a cobbler, BLASE by name; A wife had got, whose charms so high in fame; But ...
Neighbour Peter’s Mare (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name), But little preached, except when vintage came; And then no preparation he required ...
Feronde (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
IN Eastern climes, by means considered new; The Mount's old-man, with terrors would pursue; His large domains howe'er were not ...
Marginalia (Billy Collins Poem)
Sometimes the notes are ferocious, skirmishes against the author raging along the borders of every page in tiny black script. ...
M’Fingal – Canto II (John Trumbull Poems)
The Sun, who never stops to dine, Two hours had pass'd the mid-way line, And driving at his usual rate, ...