#English
It’s my opinion - though I own In thinking so I’m quite alone - In some respects I’m but a fright… YOU like my features, I suppose? I’M disappointed with my nose:
He is an Englishman! For he himself has said it, And it’s greatly to his credit, That he is an Englishman! For he might have been a Roosian,
Mr. Blake was a regular out-and-o… Who was quite out of the pale of… He was in the habit of smoking a l… grog on a Sunday after dinner, And seldom thought of going to chu…
The law is the true embodiment Of everything that’s excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my lords, embody the Law. The constitutional guardian I
Oh, that my soul its gods could se… As years ago they seemed to me When first I painted them; Invested with the circumstance Of old conventional romance:
“COME, collar this bad man - Around the throat he knotted me Till I to choke began - In point of fact, garotted me!” So spake SIR HERBERT WRITE
Sad is that woman’s lot who, year… Sees, one by one, her beauties dis… As Time, grown weary of her heart… Impatiently begins to “dim her eye… Herself compelled, in life’s uncer…
Of all the ships upon the blue, No ship contained a better crew Than that of worthy CAPTAIN… Commanding of THE MANTELPIE… He was adored by all his men,
I’ve often thought that headstrong… Of decent education, Determine all-important truths, With strange precipitation. The ever-ready victims they,
JOHN courted lovely MARY ANN, So likewise did his brother, FR… FRED was a very soft young man, While JOHN, though quick, was mo… FRED was a graceful kind of yout…
The Sun, whose rays Are all ablaze With ever-living glory, Will not deny His majesty -
My wedded life Must every pleasure bring On scale extensive! If I’m your wife I must have everything
EMILY JANE was a nursery maid, JAMES was a bold Life Guard, JOHN was a constable, poorly pai… (And I am a doggerel bard). A very good girl was EMILY JA…
Once a fairy Light and airy Married with a mortal; Men, however, Never, never
Would you know the kind of maid Sets my heart a flame-a? Eyes must be downcast and staid, Cheeks must flush for shame-a! She may neither dance nor sing,