I wonder whether the girls are mad,
And I wonder whether they mean to kill,
And I wonder if William Bond will die,
For ...
Little Mary Bell had a Fairy in a nut,
Long John Brown had the Devil in his gut;
Long John Brown lov'd little Mary Bell,
An...
To see a World in a grain of sand,
And a Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in...
'I die, I die!' the Mother said,
'My children die for lack of bread.
What more has the merciless tyrant said?'
...
The Maiden caught me in the wild,
Where I was dancing merrily;
She put me into her Cabinet,
And lock'd me u...
Sweet Mary, the first time she ever was there,
Came into the ball-room among the fair;
The young men and maidens around her throng,
...
Awake, awake, my little boy!
Thou wast thy mother's only joy;
Why dost thou weep in thy gentle sleep?
Awa...
I travell'd thro' a land of men,
A land of men and women too;
And heard and saw such dreadful things
As cold ea...
Three Virgins at the break of day: -
'Whither, young man, whither away?
Alas for woe! alas for woe!'
They cry, an...
There is a smile of love,
And there is a smile of deceit,
And there is a smile of smiles
In which these...
I rose up at the dawn of day -
'Get thee away! get thee away!
Pray'st thou for riches? Away! away!
This is the Thron...
Since all the riches of this world
May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings,
I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil
...
Some people admire the work of a fool,
For it's sure to keep your judgement cool;
It does not reproach you with want of wit;
...
Having given great offence by writing in prose,
I'll write in verse as soft as Bartoloze.
Some blush at what others can see no crime in;
...
I asked my dear friend Orator Prig:
'What's the first part of oratory?' He said: 'A great wig.'
'And what is the second?' Then, dancing a jig
...
