#English #Victorians #XIXCentury #XXCentury
LAND of our Birth, we pledge to… Our love and toil in the years to… When we are grown and take our pla… As men and women with our race. Father in Heaven who lovest all,
THE Camel’s hump is an ugly lump Which well you may see at the Zoo… But uglier yet is the hump we get From having too little to do. Kiddies and grown—ups too—oo—oo,
Ah! What avails the classic bent And what the cultured word, Against the undoctored incident That actually occurred? And what is Art whereto we press
I have done mostly what most men d… And pushed it out of my mind; But I can’t forget, if I wanted t… Four—Feet trotting behind. Day after day, the whole day throu…
SEVEN Watchmen sitting in a tow… Watching what had come upon mankin… Showed the Man the Glory and the… And bade him shape the Kingdom to… ‘All things on Earth your will sh…
You must n’t swim till you’re six… Or your head will be sunk by your… And summer gales and Killer Whale… Are bad for baby seals. Are bad for baby seals, dear rat,
Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew Wanted to know what the River kne… For they were young and the Thame… And this is the tale that the Riv… “I walk my beat before London Tow…
I know not in Whose hands are lai… To empty upon earth From unsuspected ambuscade The very Urns of Mirth; Who bids the Heavenly Lark arise
Jane Austen Beecher Stowe de Rou… Was good beyond all earthly need; But, on the other hand, her spouse Was very, very bad indeed. He smoked cigars, called churches…
JACK BARRETT went to Quetta Because they told him to. He left his wife at Simla On three-fourths his monthly screw… Jack Barrett died at Quetta
READ here: This is the story of Evarra—man— Maker of Gods in lands beyond the… Because the city gave him of her g… Because the caravans brought turqu…
THE careful text—books measure (Let all who build beware!) The load, the shock, the pressure Material can bear. So, when the buckled girder
God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far—flung battle—line, Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine— Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet…
HE THAT hath a Gospel To loose upon Mankind, Though he serve it utterly — Body, soul and mind — Though he go to Calvary
BEYOND the path of the outmost… Further than ever comet flared or… Live such as fought and sailed and… They are purged of pride because t… They sit at wine with the Maidens…