Poems

The Philosophic Pill I’ve wisdom from the East and from the West, That’s subject to no academic rule; You may find it in the jeering of […]

The Played-Out Humorist Quixotic is his enterprise, and hopeless his adventure is, Who seeks for jocularities that haven’t yet been said. The world has joked incessantly […]

The Policeman’s Lot When a felon’s not engaged in his employment, Or maturing his felonious little plans, His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just as great […]

The Practical Joker Oh what a fund of joy jocund lies hid in harmless hoaxes! What keen enjoyment springs From cheap and simple things! What deep […]

The Precocious Baby – a Very True Tale An elderly person – a prophet by trade – With his quips and tips On withered old lips, […]

The Reverend Micah Sowls The REVEREND MICAH SOWLS, He shouts and yells and howls, He screams, he mouths, he bumps, He foams, he rants, he thumps. […]

The Reverend Simon Magus A rich advowson, highly prized, For private sale was advertised; And many a parson made a bid; The REVEREND SIMON MAGUS did. […]

The Reward of Merit DR. BELVILLE was regarded as the CRICHTON of his age: His tragedies were reckoned much too thoughtful for the stage; His poems […]

The Rival Curates List while the poet trolls Of MR. CLAYTON HOOPER, Who had a cure of souls At Spiffton-extra-Sooper. He lived on curds and whey, […]

The Rover’s Apology Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray; Though I own that my heart has been ranging, Of nature the laws I obey, For nature is […]