Poets at Play: A Handbook of Humorous Recitations, Volume 2Frederick Langbridge Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1888 - English poetry |
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... door such a thundering knock , That the porter snoring , all things ignoring , Fell clean off his bench with the fright and the shock . Himself then shaking , his bunch of keys taking , He opened the door with astonishing speed , For he ...
... door such a thundering knock , That the porter snoring , all things ignoring , Fell clean off his bench with the fright and the shock . Himself then shaking , his bunch of keys taking , He opened the door with astonishing speed , For he ...
Page 218
... door , And little mincing feet were heard Pat , pat along the floor . Two hoofs upon the sanded floor , And two upon the bed ; And they are breathing side by side , The living and the dead ! " Now wake , now wake , thou butcher man ...
... door , And little mincing feet were heard Pat , pat along the floor . Two hoofs upon the sanded floor , And two upon the bed ; And they are breathing side by side , The living and the dead ! " Now wake , now wake , thou butcher man ...
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... door , As never a bird , of which I've heard , Had ever done before . And as soon as Betsy Jane , At six o'clock precisely , Opened the door , to sweep the floor , And scrub the door - step nicely : Without one warning word , Or civil ...
... door , As never a bird , of which I've heard , Had ever done before . And as soon as Betsy Jane , At six o'clock precisely , Opened the door , to sweep the floor , And scrub the door - step nicely : Without one warning word , Or civil ...
Common terms and phrases
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