Come with me, little maid, Nay, shrink not, thus afraid - I’ll harm thee not! Fly not, my love, from me - I have a home for thee -

I SING a legend of the sea, So hard-a-port upon your lee! A ship on starboard tack! She’s bound upon a private cruise… (This is the kind of spice I use

They intend to send a wire To the moon; And they’ll set the Thames on fir… Very soon; Then they learn to make silk purse…

A clergyman in Berkshire dwelt, The REVEREND BERNARD PO… And in his church there weekly kne… At least a hundred souls. There little ELLEN you might se…

An excellent soldier who’s worthy… Loves officers dashing and strict: When good, he’s content with escap… When naughty, he likes to be licke… He likes for a fault to be bullied…

He loves! If in the bygone years Thine eyes have ever shed Tears - bitter, unavailing tears, For one untimely dead - If in the eventide of life

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

When maiden loves, she sits and si… She wanders to and fro; Unbidden tear-drops fill her eyes, And to all questions she replies, With a sad heigho!

A man who would woo a fair maid, Should ‘prentice himself to the tr… And study all day, In methodical way, How to flatter, cajole, and persua…

Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray; Though I own that my heart has be… Of nature the laws I obey, For nature is constantly changing. The moon in her phases is found,

Some time ago, in simple verse I sang the story true Of CAPTAIN REECE, the… And all her happy crew. I showed how any captain may

[THE DUKE.] Small titles and orders For Mayors and Recorders I get - and they’re highly delight… M.P.s baronetted,

Brightly dawns our wedding day; Joyous hour, we give thee greeting… Whither, whither art thou fleeting… Fickle moment, prithee stay! What though mortal joys be hollow?

DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE LEARNED JUDGE THE PLAINTIFF THE DEFENDANT COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTI…

Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene’er he call, Must call too soon. Though fourscore years he give