Poems

The Aesthete If you’re anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line, as a man of culture rare, You must get up all the germs […]

The Ape and the Lady A LADY fair, of lineage high, Was loved by an Ape, in the days gone by – The Maid was radiant […]

The Baby’s Vengeance Weary at heart and extremely ill Was PALEY VOLLAIRE of Bromptonville, In a dirty lodging, with fever down, Close to the Polygon, Somers […]

The Baffled Grumbler Whene’er I poke Sarcastic joke Replete with malice spiteful, The people vile Politely smile And vote me quite delightful! Now, when a wight […]

The Bishop and the Busman It was a Bishop bold, And London was his see, He was short and stout and round about And zealous as […]

The Bishop of Rum-Ti-Foo From east and south the holy clan Of Bishops gathered to a man; To Synod, called Pan-Anglican, In flocking crowds they came. […]

The Bishop of Rum-Ti-Foo Again I often wonder whether you Think sometimes of that Bishop, who From black but balmy Rum-ti-Foo Last summer twelvemonth came. Unto […]

The British Tar A British tar is a soaring soul, As free as a mountain bird, His energetic fist should be ready to resist A dictatorial […]

The Bumboat Woman’s Story I’m old, my dears, and shrivelled with age, and work, and grief, My eyes are gone, and my teeth have been drawn […]

The Captain and the Mermaids I SING a legend of the sea, So hard-a-port upon your lee! A ship on starboard tack! She’s bound upon a […]