The Ballad of the "Clampherdown"
It was our war-ship Clampherdown Would sweep the Channel clean, Wherefore she kept her hatches close When the merry Channel chops arose, To save the bleached marine.read more
View ArticleHay and Hell and Booligal
"You come and see me, boys," he said;"You'll find a welcome and a bed And whisky any time you call; Although our township hasn't got The name of quite a lively spot --read more
View ArticleOn the Ning Nang Nong
On the Ning Nang Nong Where the Cows go Bong! and the monkeys all say BOO! There's a Nong Nang Ning Where the trees go Ping! And the tea pots jibber jabber joo. On the Nong Ning Nangread more
View ArticleThe Plot Against the Giant
First Girl When this yokel comes maundering, Whetting his hacker, I shall run before him, Diffusing the civilest odors Out of geraniums and unsmelled flowers. It will check him.Second Girlread more
View ArticleSoliloquy of the Spanish Cloister
Gr-r-r--there go, my heart's abhorrence! Water your damned flower-pots, do! If hate killed men, Brother Lawrence, God's blood, would not mine kill you!read more
View ArticleThere Once Was A Man From Nantucket
There once was a man from Nantucket Who kept all of his cash in a bucket. But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man And as for the bucket, Nan took it.
View ArticleRuth
She stood breast high amid the corn, Clasped by the golden light of morn, Like the sweetheart of the sun, Who many a glowing kiss had won. On her cheek an autumn flush,read more
View ArticleLove's Trinity
Soul, heart, and body, we thus singly name, Are not in love divisible and distinct, But each with each inseparably link'd. One is not honour, and the other shame,read more
View ArticleWondrous Moment
The wondrous moment of our meeting . . . I well remember you appear Before me like a vision fleeting, A beauty's angel pure and clear.In hopeless ennui surroundingread more
View ArticleUpon the Death of Her Husband
Yet, gentle shade! whether thou now does rove, Thro' some blest vale, or ever verdant grove, One moment listen to my grief and take The softest vows that ever love can make.read more
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