Love Poems – Page 2799
-
King John and the Abbot of Canterbury
From “Percy’s Reliques” / AN ANCIENT story I ’ll tell you anon / Of a notable prince that was called King John; … -
Gluggity Glug
From “The Myrtle and the Vine” / A JOLLY fat friar loved liquor good store, / And he had drunk stoutly at supper; … -
I Am a Friar of Orders Gray
From the Opera of “Robin Hood” / I AM a friar of orders gray, / And down in the valleys I take my way; … -
Good Ale
I Cannot eat but little meat,— / My stomach is not good; / But, sure, I think that I can drink … -
The Pilgrims and the Peas
A Brace of sinners, for no good, / Were ordered to the Virgin Mary’s shrine, / Who at Loretto dwelt, in wax, stone, wood, … -
The Vicar of Bray
IN 1 good King Charles’s golden days, / When loyalty no harm meant, / A zealous high-churchman was I, … -
Hudibras’ Sword and Dagger
From “Hudibras,” Part I. / HIS puissant sword unto his side / Near his undaunted heart was tied, … -
The Fine Old English Gentleman
I ’LL 1 sing you a good old song, / Made by a good old pate, / Of a fine old English gentleman … -
Toby Tosspot
ALAS! what pity ’t is that regularity, / Like Isaac Shove’s, is such a rarity! / But there are swilling wights in London town, … -
The Milkmaid
A Milkmaid, who poised a full pail on her head, / Thus mused on her prospects in life, it is said: / “Let me see,—I should think that this milk will procure …
Page 2799 of 3702