A Scotchman whose name was Isbister Had a maiden giraffe he called 'sister' When she said 'Oh, be mine, Be my sweet Valentine!' He just shinned up her long neck and kissed her.
The cruelty of P. L. Brown (He had ten toes as good as mine) Was known to every one in town, And, if he never harmed a noun, He loved to make verbs shriek and whine. ...
King Joris was a kind-eyed king, A dear old, gentle, smiling thing; But 'though by nature meek and mild, Two things could drive him raving wild, Dishonesty, its naughty ways; Ingratitude, its sting. ...
The shades of night was fallin' slow As through New York a guy did go And nail on ev'ry barroom door A card that this here motter bore: 'No beer, no work.'
They hide in the brook when I seek to draw nearer, Laughing amain when I feign to depart; Often I hear them, now faint and now clearer Innocent bold or so sweetly discreet....
The Whale is found in seas and oceans, Indulging there in fishlike motions, But Science shows that Whales are mammals, Like Jersey cows, and goats, and camels.
A glint of her hair or a flash of her shoulder, That is the most I can boast to have seen, Then all is lost as the shadows enfold her, Forest glades making a screen of their green,...
Whenas, (I love that 'whenas' word, It shows I am a poet, too,) Q. Horace Flaccus gaily stirred The welkin with his tra-la-loo, He little thought one donkey's back...
Said Congress to George Washington: "To set this country free, You'll have to whip the Britishers And chase them o'er the sea." "Oh, very well," said Washington, "I'll do the best I can....