The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe eBook

James Parton

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Title: The Humourous Poetry of the English Language	1
THE HUMOROUS POETRY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FROM CHAUCER TO SAXE.	1
WITH	1
PREFACE.	1
INDEX.	2
PARODIES AND BURLESQUES	4
ECCENTRIC AND NONDESCRIPT.	7
LIST OF SOURCES	8
MISCELLANEOUS.	8
TO CHLOE.	9
TO A FLY,	9
	10
ADDRESS TO THE TOOTHACHE.	11
THE PIG.	11
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WRITTEN AFTER SWIMMING FROM SESTOS TO ABYDOS.	15
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SPRING.	20
ODE.	21
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VENUS OF THE NEEDLE.	33
NARRATIVE	34
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THE JEWESS AND HER SON	42
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A STORY.	43
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PART I.	49
PART II.	50
PART III.	51
PART IV.	52
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I.	99
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SATIRICAL	102
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	103
THE PROGRESS OF POETRY. DEAN SWIFT	104
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I.	105
II.	105
III.	105
IV.	105
V.	105
VI.	105
VII.	105
VIII.	105
IX.	105
X.	105
XI.	105
XII.	105
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THE PETIT MAITRE, AND THE MAN ON THE WHEEL	113
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MORAL.	117
STORY THE SECOND.	117
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THE EGGS.	123
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EPITAPH ON HOLY WILLIE	127
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CANTO THE SECOND.	169
II.	170
III.	170
IV.	170
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PARODIES AND BURLESQUES	183
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BAUCIS AND PHILEMON.	188
BIRTH-DAY ODE.	195
SAPPHIOS	202
INSCRIPTION	203
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I.	205
II.	205
III.	205
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I.	205
II.	206
III.	207
THE NIGHT.	213
THE BURNING.	213
THE REVIVAL	215
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II.	223
III.	224
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LINES	229
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THE EPITAPH.	252
PART FIRST.	255
PART SECOND	255
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I.	259
II.	260
III.	260
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I.	268
II.	269
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EPIGRAMMATIC	273
TO BRAINHARDY.	273
TO DOCTOR EMPIRIC.	273
TO SIR ANNUAL FILTER.	274
ON CHEVRIL THE LAWYER	274
EPIGRAMATIC VERSES BY SAMUEL BUTLER.	274
CRITICS.	274
POLISH.	274
PIETY.	274
POETS.	275
POLITICIANS.	275
THE LAW.	275
THE SAME.	275
SMATTERERS	275
THE OPINIONATIVE.	276
GOOD WRITING.	276
INVENTIONS.	276
LABORIOUS WRITERS.	276
HOLLAND.	276
EPIGRAMS OF EDMUND WALLEB.	277
OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE DWARFS.	277
EPIGRAMS OF MATTHEW PRIOR.	278
THE FLIES.	278
PHILLIS’S AGE.	278
TO THE DUKE DE NOALLES.	278
ON BISHOP ATTERBURY.	278
FORMA BONUM FRAGILE.	279
EARNING A DINNER.	279
BIBO AND CHARON.	279
THE PEDANT.	279
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EPIGRAMS OF ALEXANDER POPE.	280
TO A BLOCKHEAD.	280
THE FOOL AND THE POET.	280
EPIGRAMS OF DEAN SWIFT.	280
THE CUDGELED HUSBAND.	280
ON SEEING VERSES WRITTEN UPON WINDOWS AT INNS	280
ON THE CHURCH’S DANGER.	281
ON ONE DELACOURT’S COMPLIMENTING CARTHY ON HIS POETRY.	281
ON A USURER.	281
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THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED.	282
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.	282
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EPIGRAMS BY THOMAS SHERIDAN.	283
ON DEAN SWIFT’S PROPOSED HOSPITAL FOR LUNATICS	283
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EPIGRAMS OF PETER PINDAR.	283
ON THE CONCLUSION OF HIS ODES	284
BARRY’S ATTACK UPON SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS	285
ON THE DEATH OP MR. HONE, R. A.	285
ON GEORGE THE THIRD’S PATRONAGE OF BENJAMIN WEST.	285
ANOTHER ON THE SAME.	285
EPITAPH ON PETER STAGGS.	285
TRAY’S EPITAPH.	286
ON A STONE THROWN AT A VERY GREAT MAN, BUT WHICH MISSED HIM.	286
EPIGRAMS BY ROBERT BURNS.	286
ON A CELEBRATED RULING ELDER.	286
ON JOHN DOVE	286
ON ANDREW TURNER.	286
ON A SCOTCH COXCOMB	286
ON GRIZZEL GRIM.	287
ON A WAG IN MAUCHLINE.	287
EPITAPH ON W—–.	287
ON A SUICIDE.	287
EPIGRAMS FROM THE GERMAN OF LESSING.	287
A NICE POINT.	287
TRUE NOBILITY.	287
TO A LIAR.	287
MENDAX.	288
THE BAD-WIFE.	288
THE DEAD MISER.	288
ON FELL.	288
THE BAD ORATOR.	288
THE WISE CHILD.	288
SPECIMEN OF THE LACONIC.	288
CUPID AND MERCURY, OR THE BARGAIN.	288
FRITZ.	288
ON DORILIS.	288
TO A SLOW WALKER AND QUICK EATER.	288
ON TWO BEAUTIFUL ONE-EYED SISTERS	289
THE PER-CONTRA, OR MATRIMONIAL BALANCE	289
EPIGRAMS S. T. COLERIDGE.	289
EXPECTORATION THE SECOND.	289
BEELZEBUB AND JOB.	289
SENTIMENTAL.	289
AN ETERNAL POEM.	289
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	290
EPIGRAMS BY THOMAS MOORE.	290
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	291
WHAT’S MY THOUGHT LIKE?	291
FROM THE FRENCH.	291
A JOKE VERSIFIED.	291
THE SURPRISE.	291
ON ——.	291
ON A TUET-HUNTER.	292
THE KISS.	292
EPITAPH ON A WELL-KNOWN POET—(ROBERT SOUTHEY.)	292
THE RABBINICAL ORIGIN OF WOMEN.	293
ANACREONTIQUE.	293
SPECULATION.	293
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EPIGRAMS OF LORD BYRON.	293
WINDSOR POETICS.	294
ON A CARRIER WHO DIED OF DRUNKENNESS.	294
EPIGRAMS OF BARHAM.	294
ANONYMOUS EPIGRAMS	295
UPON POPE’S TRANSLATION OF HOMER	295
RECIPE FOR A MODERN BONNET.	295
MY WIFE AND I	295
WELLINGTON’S NOSE.	295
THE SMOKER.	296
EPIGRAMS BY THOMAS HOOD.	296
EPIGRAMS BY W. SAVAGE LANDOR	296
LYING IN STATE.	296
EPIGRAMS FROM PUNCH.	296
IRISH PARTICULAR.	296
ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER	296
BLACK AND WHITE	297
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.	297
BAS BLEU.	297
TO A RICH YOUNG WIDOW.	297
THE RAILWAY OP LIFE.	298
A CONJUGAL CONUNDRUM.	298
NUMBERS ALTERED.	298
GRAMMAR FOR THE COURT OF BERLIN	298
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EPIGRAMS BY JOHN G. SAXE.	298
ANOTHER.	298
ON AN ILL-READ LAWYER.	298
ON AN UGLY PERSON SITTING FOR A DAGUERREOTYPE	298
WOMAN’S WILL.	299
FAMILY QUARRELS.	299
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EPIGRAMS OF HALPIN	299
FEMININE ARITHMETIC.	299
THE MUSHROOM HUNT.	299
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ECCENTRIC AND NONDESCRIPT.	300
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A GENTLE ECHO ON WOMAN.	301
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I.	303
II.	303
III.	303
IV.	303
V.	303
VI.	303
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LETTER	316
A LETTER	320
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A SUNNIT TO THE BIG OX.	332
ENIGMATIC	333
ON THE MOON.	334
ON INK.	335
ON A CIRCLE.	335
ON A PEN.	335
A FAN.	336
ON A CANNON.	336
ON THE FIVE SENSES.	336
ON SNOW.	336
ON A CANDLE.	336
ON A CORKSCREW.	337
AN ECHO.	338
ON THE VOWELS.	338
ON A PAIR OF DICE.	338
ON A SHADOW IN A GLASS.	338
ON TIME.	339
CATALOGUE OF SOURCES	339

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