Poets at Play: A Handbook of Humorous Recitations, Volume 2Frederick Langbridge Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1888 - English poetry |
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Ballads Ballyporeen beautiful bird blow blue Burnham Beeches Capen Brown captain's gig cheek cried d'ye think dear devil dhudeen Doctor Doctor Johnson door eyes face fair fear folks FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON girls hair hand happy head hear heard heart John JOHN GODFREY SAXE Keverne Kilcock King kiss lady ladye laugh LEWIS CARROLL little Tom Thumb live look lover Luff maid mother never nose Numps o'er OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES once ould pipes play Poems Poetical poor pray R. H. BARHAM rhyme rose round Shon Maclean sigh sing smile soul starry night Susan sweet little tell thee There's thing THOMAS HOOD thou thought thro took town turned Twas Twenty Pipers weather wedding of Shon wife WILLIAM JOHN COURTHOPE wind wonder words young