Comes a train of little ladies From scholastic trammels free, Each a little bit afraid is, Wondering what the world can be! Is it but a world of trouble -

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

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 air is charged with amatory nu… Soft madrigals, and dreamy lovers’… Peace, peace, old heart! Why wak… The aching memory of the old, old… Time was when Love and I were wel…

When the night wind howls in the c… moonlight flies, And inky clouds, like funeral shro… When the footpads quail at the nig… bay the moon,

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

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,

Oh, big was the bosom of brave A… And also the region that under it… In safety and peril remarkably coo… And he dwelt on the banks of the r… Each morning he went to his garden…

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 -

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

My wedded life Must every pleasure bring On scale extensive! If I’m your wife I must have everything

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…

I once did know a Turkish man Whom I upon a two-pair-back met, His name it was EFFENDI KHAN BACKSHEESH PASHA BEN… A DOCTOR BROWN I also knew -

First you’re born - and I’ll be b… Find a dozen strangers round you. “Hallo,” cries the new-born baby, “Where’s my parents? which may the… Awkward silence– no reply –

Roll on, thou ball, roll on! Through pathless realms of Space Roll on! What though I’m in a sorry case? What though I cannot meet my bill…