Humour in Verse

An Anthology
Mitwirkender: Slater, W E

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1937, this anthology of humorous poems for the younger reader supplements the more serious material found in school anthologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 127mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 141g
• ISBN-13: 9781316601723
• ISBN-10: 1316601722
• Artikelnr.: 44149535

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury Anonymous
2. Robin Goodfellow Ben Jonson
3. The Despairing Lover William Walsh
4. A Reasonable Affliction Matthew Prior
5. The Turnip Crier Samuel Johnson
6. On a Fat Man Abel Evans
7. Abroad and at Home Jonathan Swift
8. Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Thomas Gray
9. Elegy on Mrs Mary Blaize Oliver Goldsmith
10. The Grand Tour Samuel Boyce
11. The Diverting History of John Gilpin William Cowper
12. The Razor-Seller Peter Pindar (John Wolcot)
13. King Canute and his Nobles Peter Pinddar (John Wolcot)
14. The Sailor's Consolation Charles Dibdin
15. Lodgings for a Single Gentleman George Colman
16. The Second Samson George Colman
17. Kitty of Coleraine Edward Lysaght
18. The rain Anonymous
19. Always Audible Samuel Taylor Coleridge
20. On a Volunteer Singer Samuel Taylor Coleridge
21. Feigned Courage Charles Lamb
22. The Triumph of the Whale Charles Lamb
23. The Collegian and the Porter Horace Smith
24. The Jester Condemned to Death Horace Smith
25. Contented John Jane Taylor
26. The Glove and the Lions James Henry Leigh Hunt
27. Miss Ellen Gee of Kew Anonymous
28. The Jackdaw of Rheins Thomas Ingoldsby
29. The Captain Stood on the Carronade Frederick Marryat
30. Domestic Asides Thomas Hood
31. Our Village Thomas Hood
32. The Superiority of Machinery Thomas Hood
33. Faithless Sally Brown Thomas Hood
34. Fable Ralph Waldo Emerson
35. The Height of the Ridiculous Oliver Wendell Holmes
36. The Ballad of the Oysterman Oliver Wendell Holmes
37. A Tragic Story William Makepeace Thackeray
38. The Sorrows of Werther William Makepeace Thackeray
39. The Snuff-Boxes Anonymous
40. The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs Edward Lear
41. The Blind Man and the Elephant John Godfrey Saxe
42. A Puzzle Anonymous
43. The Owl Critic James Thomas Fields
44. Sad Memories Charles Stuart Calverley
45. You Are Old, Father William Lewis Carroll
46. The Mad Gardener's Song Lewis Carroll
47. A Nightmare William Schwenck Gilbert
48. Etiquette William Schwenck Gilbert
49. A Threnody George Thomas Lanigan
50. Ben the Stoker Thomas Edward Spencer
51. The Princess Ming Eugene Field
52. The Limitations of Youth Eugene Field
53. A Post Impressionist Arthur Conan Doyle
54. Sage Counsel Arthur Quiller-Couch
55. De Gustibus- St John Hankin
56. Rebecca Hillaire Belloc
57. Henry King Hillaire Belloc
58. The Hen John Joy Bell
59. Off the Ground Walter de la Mare
60. Five Eyes Walter de la Mare
61. The Rolling English Road Gilbert Keith Chesterton
62. Captain Stratton's Fancy John Masefield
63. The Wine of Life Cicely Fox Smith
64. Follow the Sea Cicely Fox Smith
65. Miss Thompson Goes Shopping Martin Armstrong
66. Ducks Frederick William Harvey
67. Two Sparrows Humbert Wolfe
68. Smells Christopher Morley
69. Chocolates Guy Boas
70. Rastus A. B. Cox
71. Tim, an Irish Terrier Winifred M. Letts
72. Roundabouts and Swings Patrick R. Chalmers
73. The Sad Story of a Motor Fan H. A. Field
74. A Quate-So Story Anonymous
75. The Cheerful Crocodile T. Bolt
76. The Sea Eva L. Ogden.