The Humourous Poetry of the English Language

By Parton, James

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Title:	The Humourous Poetry of the English Language
Author:	Parton, James
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Description
Preface: The design of the projector of this volume was, that it should contain the Best of the shorter humorous poems in the literatures of England and the United States, except.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Humourous Poetry of the English Language, 1 -- James Parton, 1 -- Preface, 11 -- MISCELLANEOUS, 12 -- TO MY EMPTY PURSE, 12 -- TO CHLOE, 13 -- TO A FLY, 14 -- MAN MAY BE HAPPY. PETER PINDAR, 15 -- ADDRESS TO THE TOOTHACHE, 16 -- THE PIG, 17 -- SNUFF. ROBERT SOUTHEY, 19 -- A FAREWELL TO TOBACCO. CHARLES LAMB, 20 -- WRITTEN AFTER SWIMMING FROM SESTOS TO ABYDOS, 23 -- THE LISBON PACKET. BYRON, 24 -- TO FANNY. THOMAS MOORE, 25 -- YOUNG JESSICA. THOMAS MOORE, 26 -- RINGS AND SEALS. THOMAS MOORE, 27 -- NETS AND CAGES. THOMAS MOORE, 28 -- SALAD. SYDNEY SMITH, 29 -- MY LETTERS. R. HARRIS BARHAM, 30 -- Litera scripta manet. Old Saw, 30 -- THE POPLAR. R. HARRIS BARHAM, 33 -- SPRING, 33 -- ODE, 34 -- SCHOOL AND SCHOOL?FELLOWS. W. MACKWORTH PRAE7D. -- THE VICAR. W. MACKWORTH PRAED, 39 -- THE BACHELOR'S CANE?BOTTOMED CHAIR. W. M. THACK1ERAY -- STANZAS TO PALE ALE. PUNCH, 43 -- CHILDREN MUST BE PAID FOR. PUNCH, 44 -- [Illustration: William Cullen Bryant], 45 -- TO THE LADY IN THE CHEMISETTE WITH BLACK BUTTONS. 6 N. P. WILLIS. -- COME OUT, LOVE. N. P. WILLIS, 48 -- THE WHITE CHIP HAT. N. P. WILLIS, 49 -- YOU KNOW IF IT WAS YOU N. P. WILLIS, 50 -- THE DECLARATION. N. P. WILLIS, 50 -- LOVE IN A COTTAGE. N. P. WILLIS, 51 -- TO HELEN IN A HUFF. N. P. WILLIS, 52 -- THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS. OLIVER WENDELL HOL2MES. -- THE BRIEFLESS BARRISTER. A BALLAD. JOHN G. SAXE, 53 -- SONNET TO A CLAM. JOHN G. SAXE Dum tacent CLAMant, 55 -- V, E, N, U, S, O, F, T, H, E, .N, E, E, D, L, E, 565 -- NARRATIVE, 56 -- TAKE THY OLD CLOAK ABOUT THEE, 56 -- KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT. [AN OLD ENGLISH BALLAD LONG VERY POPULAR.] 8 THE BAFFLED KNIGHT, OR LADY'S POLICY [A VERY FAVORITE ANCIENT BALLAD.] 1 TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD. A TALE. MATTHEW PRIOR, 65 -- FLATTERY. A FABLE. SIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS, 67 -- The Humourous Poetry of the English Language -- i