Poems

The Merryman and His Maid [HE] I have a song to sing, O! [SHE] Sing me your song, O! [HE] It is sung to the moon […]

The Mighty Must Come mighty Must! Inevitable Shall! In thee I trust. Time weaves my coronal! Go mocking Is! Go disappointing Was! That I am this […]

The Modern Major-General I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral, I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral; I know the kings of England, and I […]

The Modest Couple When man and maiden meet, I like to see a drooping eye, I always droop my own – I am the shyest of […]

The Mystic Selvagee Perhaps already you may know SIR BLENNERHASSET PORTICO? A Captain in the Navy, he – A Baronet and K.C.B. You do? I thought […]

The National Anthem A monarch is pestered with cares, Though, no doubt, he can often trepan them; But one comes in a shape he can never […]

The Pantomime Super to His Mask Vast empty shell! Impertinent, preposterous abortion! With vacant stare, And ragged hair, And every feature out of all proportion! Embodiment […]

The Perils of Invisibility Old PETER led a wretched life – Old PETER had a furious wife; Old PETER too was truly stout, He measured several […]

The Periwinkle Girl I’ve often thought that headstrong youths Of decent education, Determine all-important truths, With strange precipitation. The ever-ready victims they, Of logical illusions, And […]

The Phantom Curate A bishop once – I will not name him see – Annoyed his clergy in the mode conventional; From pulpit shackles never set […]