Brown’s Tram (C J Dennis Poems)
A city clerk was Henry Brown,Whose suburb knew nor tram nor train;And ev'ry morn he walked to town. From nine ...
Poems about shillings (21 Poems)
The New-Chum Swell (Charles R Thatcher Poems)
I'll sing just now a little song,For you must understand,'Tis of a fine young gentleman,That left his native land-That bid ...
Disobedience (A.A. Milne Poems)
James JamesMorrison MorrisonWeatherby George DupreeTook greatCare of his Mother,Though he was only three.James James Said to his Mother,"Mother," he said, ...
Louis Wittgenstein (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
Oh! Have you heard of the APPLE WINE!That out of Beer now takes the shine,If you have not then now's ...
Oh, No, John . . . (The Budget) (A P Herbert Poems)
We sweat and strive, we scrape and save,To gather bullets for the brave.We earn a pound; but in the endTen ...
The Origin Of Bristolians (Elizabeth Beverley Poems)
THE origin of Bristolians you wish me to tell:--'Twas from Sycorax , and old Satan of hell;The first all ugliness, ...
Shancoduff (Patrick Kavanagh Poem)
My black hills have never seen the sun rising, Eternally they look north towards Armagh. Lot's wife would not be ...
Poor Honest Men (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
Your jar of Virginny Will cost you a guinea, Which you reckon too much by five shillings or ten; But ...
The Bucking-Tub (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
IF once in love, you'll soon invention find And not to cunning tricks and freaks be blind; The youngest 'prentice, ...
The Jubilee Sov’reign (Marriott Edgar Poems)
On Jubilee Day the Ramsbottoms Invited relations to tea, Including young Albert's grandmother- An awkward old . . party, was ...
Sam’s Racehorse (Marriott Edgar Poems)
When Sam Small retired from the Army He'd a pension of ninepence a day, And seven pounds fourteen and twopence ...
Albert and His Savings (Marriott Edgar Poem)
One day, little Albert Ramsbottom To see 'ow much money 'e'd got Stuck a knife in 'is money-box slot 'ole ...
96. The Inventory (Robert Burns Poem)
SIR, as your mandate did request, I send you here a faithfu' list, O' gudes an' gear, an' a' my ...
Distracted Druggist (Robert William Service Poems)
'A shilling's worth of quinine, please,' The customer demanded. The druggist went down on his knees And from a cupboard ...
Mazie’s Ghost (Robert William Service Poems)
In London City I evade For charming Burlington Arcade - For thee in youth I met a maid By name ...
On Leaving Mrs. Brown’s Lodgings (Sir Walter Scott Poems)
So goodbye, Mrs. Brown, I am going out of town, Over dale, over down, Where bugs bite not, Where lodgers ...
Mrs Frances Haris’s Petition (Jonathan Swift Poems)
To their Excellencies the Lords Justices of Ireland, The humble petition of Frances Harris, Who must starve and die a ...
Ben Jonson Entertains a Man from Stratford (Edwin Arlington Robinson Poems)
You are a friend then, as I make it out, Of our man Shakespeare, who alone of us Will put ...
Mulligan’s Mare (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
Oh, Mulligan's bar was the deuce of a place To drink, and to fight, and to gamble and race; The ...
Tell (Paul Muldoon Poems)
He opens the scullery door, and a sudden rush of wind, as raw as raw, brushes past him as he ...
Disobedience (A. A. Milne Poems)
James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree Took great Care of his Mother, Though he was only three. James James ...