What time the poet hath hymned The writhing maid, lithe-limbed, Quivering on amaranthine asphodel, How can he paint her woes, Knowing, as well he knows,

[HE] I have a song to sing, O! [SHE] Sing me your song, O! [HE] It is sung to the moon By a love-lorn loon, Who fled from the mocking throng,…

A MAGNET hung in a hardware sho… And all around was a loving crop Of scissors and needles, nails and… Offering love for all their lives; But for iron the Magnet felt no w…

There grew a little flower ‘Neath a great oak tree: When the tempest ’gan to lower Little heeded she: No need had she to cower,

MACPHAIRSON CLONGLO… Was the son of an elderly labourin… You’ve guessed him a Scotchman, s… And p’r’aps altogether, shrewd rea… From the bonnie blue Forth to the…

I love a man who’ll smile and joke When with misfortune crowned; Who’ll pun beneath a pauper’s yoke… And as he breaks his daily toke, Conundrums gay propound.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE GODS Jupiter, Aged Diety Apollo, Aged Diety Mars, Aged Diety

Whene’er I poke Sarcastic joke Replete with malice spiteful, The people vile Politely smile

It was a Bishop bold, And London was his see, He was short and stout and round a… And zealous as could be. It also was a Jew,

O’er unreclaimed suburban clays Some years ago were hobblin’ An elderly ghost of easy ways, And an influential goblin. The ghost was a sombre spectral sh…

Fear no unlicensed entry, Heed no bombastic talk, While guards the British Sentry Pall Mall and Birdcage Walk. Let European thunders

Once a fairy Light and airy Married with a mortal; Men, however, Never, never

DRAMATIS PERSONAE Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, an El… Alexis, of the Grenadier Guards—… Dr. Daly, Vicar of Ploverleigh John Wellington Wells, of J. W.…

The REVEREND MICAH SOWLS, He shouts and yells and howls, He screams, he mouths, he bumps, He foams, he rants, he thumps. His armour he has buckled on, to w…

If my action’s stiff and crude, Do not laugh, because it’s rude. If my gestures promise larks, Do not make unkind remarks. Clockwork figures may be found