Beautiful Torquay (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
All ye lovers of the picturesque, away To beautiful Torquay and spend a holiday 'Tis health for invalids for to ...
All ye lovers of the picturesque, away To beautiful Torquay and spend a holiday 'Tis health for invalids for to ...
It was on the 21st of March in the year of 1801, The British were at their posts every man; ...
'Twas in the year of 1858, and on October the fourteenth day, That a fire broke out in a warehouse, ...
'Twas about the beginning of the present century, Bill Bowls was pressed, and sent to sea; And conveyed on board ...
'Twas on the heights of Alma the battle began. But the Russians turned and fled every man; Because Sir Colin ...
'Twas in the year of 1746, on a fine summer afternoon, When trees and flowers were in full bloom, That ...
Edward Teach was a native of Bristol, and sailed from that port On board a privateer, in search of sport, ...
'Twas in the year of 1808, and in the autumn of the year, Napoleon resolved to crush Spain and Portugal ...
'Twas in the year of 1889, and in the month of June, Ten thousand people met with a fearful doom, ...
Alas! England now mourns for her poet that's gone- The late and the good Lord Tennyson. I hope his soul ...
'Twas on the 26th of August, the sun was burning hot, In the year of 1346, which will never be ...
'Twas in the year of 1893, and on the 17th and 18th of November, Which the people of Dundee and ...
Alas! now o'er the civilised world there hangs a gloom For brave General Gordon, that was killed in Khartoum, He ...
Ye sons of Great Britain, I think no shame To write in praise of brave General Graham! Whose name will ...
A sad tale of the sea, I will unfold, About Mrs Lingard, that Heroine bold; Who struggled hard in the ...
Greenland's icy mountains are fascinating and grand, And wondrously created by the Almighty's command; And the works of the Almighty ...
'Twas in the year of 1849, and on the 20th of February, Lord Gough met and attacked Shere Sing right ...
Kind Christians, all pay attention to me, And Miss Mouat's sufferings I'll relate to ye; While on board the Columbine, ...
In an immense wood in the south of Kent, There lived a band of robbers which caused the people discontent; ...
'Twas on the 18th of August in the year of 1798, That Nelson saw with inexpressible delight The City of ...
'Twas on the 8th of January 1881, That a terrific gale along the English Channel ran, And spread death and ...
Near the village of Udorf, on the banks of the Rhine, There lived a miller and his family, once on ...
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all to list to me, And I'll relate a harrowing ...
'Twas in the year of 1866, and on a very beautiful day, That eighty-two passengers, with spirits light and gay, ...
Jack Honest was only eight years of age when his father died, And by the death of his father, Mrs ...
This Statue, I must confess, is magnificent to see, And I hope will long be appreciated by the people of ...
Success to James Scrymgeour, He's a very good man, And to gainsay it, There's few people can; Because he makes ...
A heroic story I will unfold, Concerning Jenny Carrister, a heroine bold, Who lived in Australia, at a gold mine ...
'Twas on a Monday morning, and in the year of 1884, That a fire broke out in Bailie Bradford's store, ...
Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise? ...
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