Poems

Thomas Winterbottom Hance IN all the towns and cities fair On Merry England’s broad expanse, No swordsman ever could compare With THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCE. The dauntless […]

Thomson Green and Harriet Hale (To be sung to the Air of “An ‘Orrible Tale.”) Oh list to this incredible tale Of THOMSON GREEN and HARRIET […]

To a Little Maid – by a Politician Come with me, little maid, Nay, shrink not, thus afraid – I’ll harm thee not! Fly not, my […]

To My Bride (Whoever She May Be) Oh! little maid! – (I do not know your name Or who you are, so, as a safe precaution […]

To Phoebe “GENTLE, modest little flower, Sweet epitome of May, Love me but for half an hour, Love me, love me, little fay.” Sentences so fiercely […]

To the Terrestrial Globe Roll on, thou ball, roll on! Through pathless realms of Space Roll on! What though I’m in a sorry case? What though […]

Trial by Jury DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE LEARNED JUDGE THE PLAINTIFF THE DEFENDANT COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF USHER FOREMAN OF THE JURY ASSOCIATE FIRST BRIDESMAID SCENE – […]

True Diffidence My boy, you may take it from me, That of all the afflictions accurst With which a man’s saddled And hampered and addled, A […]

When a Merry Maiden Marries When a merry maiden marries, Sorrow goes and pleasure tarries; Every sound becomes a song, All is right and nothing’s wrong! […]

When I First Put This Uniform On When I first put this uniform on, I said, as I looked in the glass, “It’s one to a […]