The Humorous Poetry of the English Language | Page 2

charming, but the blending of the two in the same composition is
irresistible. There is much nonsense in this book, and some folly, and a
little ill-nature; but there is more wisdom than either. They who possess
it may congratulate themselves upon having the largest collection ever
made of the sportive effusions of genius.
INDEX.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SUBJECT. AUTHOR.
To my Empty Purse Chaucer
To Chloe Peter Pindar
To a Fly Peter
Pindar
Man may be Happy Peter Pindar
Address to the Toothache
Burns
The Pig Southey
Snuff Southey
Farewell to Tobacco Lamb

Written after swimming from Sestos to Abydos Byron
The Lisbon
Packet Byron
To Fanny Moore
Young Jessie Moore
Rings and
Seals Moore
Nets and Cages Moore
Salad Sydney Smith
My
Letters Barham
The Poplar Barham
Spring Hood
Ode on a
Distant Prospect of Clapham Academy Hood
Schools and
School-fellows Praed
The Vicar Praed
The Bachelor's
Cane-bottomed Chair Thackeray
Stanzas to Pale Ale Punch

Children must be paid for Punch
The Musquito Bryant
To the Lady
in the Chemisette with Black Buttons Willis Come out, Love Willis

The White Chip Hat Willis
You know if it was you Willis
The
Declaration Willis
Love in a Cottage Willis
To Helen in a Huff
Willis
The Height of the Ridiculous O. W. Holmes
The Briefless
Barrister J. G. Saxe
Sonnet to a Clam J. G. Saxe
Venus of the
Needle Allingham

NARRATIVE.
Take thy Old Cloak about thee Percy Reliques
King John and the
Abbot Percy Reliques
The Baffled Knight, or Lady's Policy Percy
Reliques
Truth and Falsehood Prior
Flattery Williams (Sir C. H.)

The Pig and Magpie Peter Pindar
Advice to Young Women Peter
Pindar
Economy Peter Pindar
The Country Lasses Peter Pindar

The Pilgrims and Peas Peter Pindar
On the Death of a Favorite Cat
Gray
The Retired Cat Cowper
Saying, not Meaning Wake
Julia
Coleridge
A Cock and Hen Story Southey
The Search after
Happiness Scott (Sir W.)
The Donkey and his Panniers Moore

Misadventure at Margate Barham
The Ghost Barham
A Lay of St.
Gengulphus Barham
Sir Rupert the Fearless Barham
Look at the
Clock Barham
The Bagman's Dog Barham
Dame Fredegonde W.
Aytoun
The King of Brentford's Testament Thackeray
Titmarsh's
Carmen Lillienses Thackeray
Shadows Lantern
The Retort G. P.
Morris
SATIRICAL.
The Rabble, or Who Pays? S. Butler
The Chameleon Prior
The
Merry Andrew Prior
Jack and Joan Prior
The Progress of Poetry
Swift
Twelve Articles Swift
The Beast's Confession Swift
A New
Simile for the Ladies Sheridan (Dr. T.)
On a Lap-dog Gay
The
Razor Seller Peter Pindar
The Sailor Boy at Prayers Peter Pindar

Bienseance Peter Pindar
Kings and Courtiers Peter Pindar
Praying
for Rain Peter Pindar
Apology for Kings Peter Pindar
Ode to the
Devil Peter Pindar
The King of Spain and the Horse Peter Pindar

The Tender Husband Peter Pindar
The Soldier and the Virgin Mary
Peter Pindar
A King of France and the Fair Lady Peter Pindar
The
Eggs Yriarte
The Ass and his Master Yriarte
The Love of the
World Reproved, or Hypocrisy Detected Cowper Report of an
Adjudged Case Cowper
Holy Willie's Prayer Burns
Epitaph on
Holy Willie Burns
Address to the Deil Burns
The Devil's Walk on

Earth Southey
Church and State Moore
Lying Moore
The
Millennium Moore
The Little Grand Lama Moore
Eternal London
Moore
On Factotum Ned Moore
Letters (Fudge Correspondence),
First Letter Moore
Letters (Fudge Correspondence), Second Letter
Moore
Letters (Fudge Correspondence), Third Letter Moore
The
Literary Lady Sheridan (R. B.)
Netley Abbey Barham
Family
Poetry Barham
The Sunday Question Hood
Ode to Rae Wilson,
Esquire Hood
Death's Ramble Hood
The Bachelor's Dream Hood

On Samuel Rogers Byron
My Partner Praed
The Belle of the Ball
Praed
Sorrows of Werther Thackeray
The Yankee Volunteer
Thackeray
Courtship and Matrimony Thackeray
Concerning
Sisters-in-law Punch
The Lobsters Punch
To Song Birds on a
Sunday Punch
The First Sensible Valentine Punch
A Scene on the
Austrian Frontier Punch
Ode to the Great Sea Serpent Punch
The
Feast of Vegetables and the Flow of Water Punch
Kindred Quacks
Punch
The Railway Traveler's Farewell to his Family Punch
A
Letter and an Answer Punch
Papa to his Heir Punch
Selling off at
the Opera-house Punch
Wonders of the Victorian Age Punch
To the
Portrait of a Gentleman Holmes
My Aunt Holmes
Comic Miseries
Saxe
Idees Napoleoniennes Aytoun
The Lay of the Lover's Friend
Aytoun
PARODIES AND BURLESQUES

Wine Gay
Ode on Science Swift
A Love Song Swift
Baucis and
Philemon Swift
A Description of a City Shower Swift
The Progress
of Curiosity Pindar
The Author and the Statesman Fielding
The
Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder Anti-Jacobin Inscription
Anti-Jacobin
Song Canning
The Amatory Sonnets of Abel
Shufflebottom Southey
0. Delia at Play
. The Poet proves the existence of a Soul from his Love for Delia
. The Poet expresses his feelings respecting a Portrait in Delia's Parlor

The Love Elegies of Abel Shufflebottom Southey
0. The Poet relates how he obtained Delia's Pocket-handkerchief
. The Poet expatiates on the Beauty of Delia's Hair
. The Poet relates how he stole a lock of Delia's Hair, and her
. anger The Baby's Debut James Smith Playhouse Musings James
Smith A Tale of Drury Lane Horace Smith Drury's Dirge Horace
Smith What is Life? Blackwood The Confession Blackwood The
Milling Match between Entellus and Darcs Moore Not a Sous
had he Got Barham Raising the Devil Barham The London
University Barham Domestic Poems Hood
0. Good-night
. A Parental Ode to my Son
. A Serenade Ode to Perry Hood A Theatrical Curiosity Cruikshank's
Om The Secret Sorrow Punch Song for Punch-drinkers Punch
The