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The Poets and Poetry of the Nineteenth Century THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES The Poets and the Poetry of the Nineteenth Century £0}C (poets ant t$i (poettg of f$e QXtnefeenf^ Century (HUMOUR) K - George Crabbe to Edmund B. V. Christian Edited by ALFRED H. MILES LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD. New York: E. P. DUTTON & CO. In the prefatory note of the first edition of this work (1S91) the Editor invited criticism with a view to the improvement of future editions. Several critics responded to this appeal, and their valuable sugges- tions have been considered in pre- paring this re-issue. In some cases the text has been revised and the selection in varied ; others, addi- tions have been made to complete the representation. The biographi- cal and bibliographical matter ha= been brought up to date. —A.H.M. PREFATORY. This volume is devoted to the Humorous poetry of the century. With a view to the thorough representation of the humorous element in the poetic literature of the period, selections are included from the works of the general poets whose humorous verse bears sufficient proportion to the general body of their poetry, or is sufficiently characteristic to demand separate representation, as well as from the works of those exclusively humorous writers whose verse is the raison d'etre of the volume. The Editor's thanks are due to Messrs. William Blackwood & Son for permission to include two of " " the Legal Lyrics of the late George Outram, and a selection from "The Bon Gaultier Ballads" of late E. Sir Theodore Martin and the W. Aytoun ; to Messrs. Warne & Co. for permission to reprint " " examples of the Nonsense Rhymes of Edward for to Lear ; to the late Mr. Brooks liberty include selections from the writings of his father, Charles to Messrs. Lock & Shirley Brooks ; Ward, Co., for the use of poems by the late Whyte-Melville; to the late F. Locker-Lampson for the selection for of from his verse ; to Mrs. Calverley two late 1 -' s to Mrs. H. D. Traill her husband's paroc ; for the late H. D. Trai * verses, and to Messrs. Blackwood and the proprietors of Punch in this connection; to the late Lewis Carroll for his poems; 737674 VI PREFATORY. to Messrs. Chatto & Windus for the use of several " " of the late S. Carols of Henry Leigh's Cockayne ; to Mr. H. Cholmondeley Pennell; and to Messrs. Longmans, his publishers, for the use of a selection from "From Grave to Gay"; also to Messrs. Longmans for the use of selections from " Dreams to " " Sell and Songs from Dreamland," by Miss May Kendall, and to Miss Kendall for her permission for the same ; to Sir W. S. Gilbert for the use " " of a selection from his Songs of a Savoyard and " Bab Ballads," published by Messrs. Routledge & to Mr. for Sons ; Ashby Sterry a selection from "The Lazy Minstrel," published by Mr. T. Fisher Unwin ; to Mr. Austin Dobson for a selection from " " his Proverbs in Porcelain," Vignettes in Rhyme," and "Vers de Socifete"; and to the late Robert his " " Buchanan for London Poems ; to Mr. John " Courthope for selections from his Paradise of Birds," published by Messrs. William Blackwood & Sons ; to Sir Frederick Pollock for a selection from " his Leading Cases done into English and other Diversions," published by Messrs. Macmillan & Co. ; to Sir Herbert Stephen for the use of selections from " " " Lapsus Calami and Quo Musa Tendis,*' by his the late Mr. K. to the executors brother, J. Stephen ; of the late R. F. Murray for selections from "The to Christian for Scarlet Gown," etc. ; and Mr. B. V. " a selection from his Lays of a Limb of the Law," " and At the Sign of the Wicket." In making these acknowledgments the Editor hopes he has been guilty of no sin of omission, and begs to place on record his sense of the generous courtesy he has uniformly received during the preparation of the volume. A. H. M. INDEX. PAGE 1 GEORGE CRABBE (1754—1832) . Alfred H. Miles (Sonnet: Laughter and Deaih, IV. S. Blunt.) 1 The Wager 3 GEORGE CO LMAN (1762— 1836) . Alfred H. Miles 9 (Mynheer Vandunck) i 2 My Nightgown and Slippers— The Newcastle Apothecary . .13 Broad Grins— Please to Ring the Bell .... 16 ROBERT BLOOMFIELD (1766-1823) A. H. Miles 19 (The Fakcnham Ghost) .... 2c J. HOOKHAM FRERE (1769— 1846) Walter IVI.yie 23 Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work 27 I. The Banquet 27 II. The Knights of the Round Table . 27 in. The Knights and the Giants ... 32 iv. The Monks and the Giants .... 37 The Boy and the Parrot 48 GEORGE CANNING (1770-1827) . Walter Whyte 49 The Anti-Jacobin 57 1. Introduction to the poetry of the "Anti- " Jacobin 57 (Inscription for the Apartment in Chepstow Castle, where Henry Marten, the Regicide, zvas imprisoned) 58 (Inscription for the Door of the Cell in Neivgate, where Mrs. Brownrigg, the 'Prentice-cide, was confined . 59 II. Introduction to the poetry of the "Friend of Humanity" 60 (The Friend of Humanity) .... 62 III. r legy on the Death of Jean Bon St. Andre 64 . 67 iv. The Rovers ; or, the Double Arrangement (Song by Rogero) 69 vii viii INDEX. PAGE HON. W. R. SPENCER (1770—183*) Alfred H. Miles 71 (The Visionary) 72 Poems— 1. To a Lady 11. Written in a Garden .... in. To Lady Anne Hamilton iv. To My Grammatical Niece . v. How-d'-y'-do and Good-bye . red JAMES HOGG (1770—1835) . AIJ H. Miles The Witch of Fife S. T. COLERIDGE (1772—1834) . Alfred H. Miles (So Mr. Baker heart did pluck) . (Jem writes his verses with such speed) (Hoarse Mcevius reads his hobbling verse (Sivans sing before they die) (What ? rise again with all one's bones) ( The rose that blushes like the morn) . Humorous Verse— 1. The Devil's Thoughts . 11. On a Ruined House ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774— 1843) Alfred H. Miles (Inscription for a Coffee-Pot) Humorous Verse— 1. The Well of St. Keyne . 11. St. Romuald .... in. The Poet relates how he stole a lock of hair JAMES SMITH (177s—1839) . • Walter Whyte Rejected Addresses— 1. The Baby's Debut .... 11. The Theatre in. The Rebuilding (Introduction) . WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR(i77S-i864)^. H. Miles (The burden of an ancient rhyme) (God's laivs declare) " (" Fear God ! says Percival) (Ireland never was contented) (A paraphrase on Job we see) Miscellaneous Poems— 1. Pievano Arlotto .... 11. At the Buckingham Sessions III. Gifts Returned .... INDEX. IX PAGE CHARLES LAMB (i77S—1834) • Alfred H. Miles 123 (Who first invented Work ?) . 125 (In Christian World, etc.) . .12s Poems— 1. Farewell to Tobacco 127 11. Going into Breeches 131 THOMAS xMOORE (1779-1852) . Alfred H. Miles 133 (/ never give a kiss, says Pine) . 133 (Chloris, I swear, by all I ever swore) . 133 (Between Adam and me, etc.) . 133 (My love and I the other day) . 134 Humorous Verse— 1. A Dream of HiDdostan 135 11. Paddy's Metamorphosis .... 136 in. King Crack and his Idols . 137 HORACE SMITH (1779—1849) • Walter Whyte 139 Rejected Addresses— A Tale of Drury Lane 143 Miscellaneous Verse— 1. Address to a Mummy 150 11. The Jester condemned to Death . 153 in. The Collegian and the Porter . .154 • Miles LEIGH HUNT (1784— 1859) • Alfred H. 157 (The Feast of the Poets Selections) . 157 Miscellaneous Versf.— 161 1. ToJ.H n. The Deprecation of the Name of John 164 in. The Jovial Priest's Confession . 165 iv. On the Laugh of Madame D'Albret . 167 v. A Love-Lesson 167 vi. The Curate and his Bishop . 168 THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK (1785—1866) A. H. Miles 160 (In his last binn Sir Peter lies) . .169 Miscellaneous Verse— 1. Robin Hood 171 11. The Dappled Palfrey 172 in. The Priest and the Mulberry Tree . 174 INDEX. PAGE THEODORE HOOK (i 7 38—i84 i) Alfred H. Miles 175 {Here comes Mr. Winter) .... 178 (If down his throat. Rev. E. Cannon) . 178 Miscellaneous Verse— — 1. Song Mary once had Lovers Two . 179 II. Valentine 179 in. Cautionary Verses to Youth . .181 iv. A Riddle 183 v. Ass-ass-ination 186 LORD BYRON (1788— 1824) • . Alfred H. Miles 1S9 Occasional Verse— 1. The Girl of Cadiz 191 11. Lines to Mr. Hodgson 193 in. To Mr. Murray 195 iv. Epitaph for Joseph Blackett . 196 R. H. BARHAM (1788—1845) . Walter U'hyte 197 (As I laye a-thynkynge) .... 201 The Ingoldsby Legends— 1. The Jackdaw of Rheims .... 203 11. Legend of Hamilton Tighe .... 207 in. Hon. Mr. Sucklethumbkin's Story . 211 The Conpkssion 216 J. R. BLANCHE" (1796-1880). Alfred H. Miles 217 Songs and Boems: from 1819 to 1879 — 1. A Song for the End of the Season . 221 11. Answer to the Alphabet .... 221 III. A Literary Squabble 222 Vat You Blease 225 SAMUEL LOVER (1797—1868) . A. J. Symington 229 ( Whene'eryour vitality) .... 232 Songs and Ballads— 1. Molly Bawn 233 11. Rory O'More 233 111. The Whistlin* Thiet 235 iv. Mother, he's going awiv .... 236 v. The Quaker's Meeting 237 Vl. The Road of Life 240 INDEX. XI PAGE 1. HAYNES BAYLY (1797— 1839) Alfred H. Miles 241 (Upon the hill he turn'd) . .243 (She wore a wreath of >ur.i:>> . 244 Miscellaneous Verse— ° 1. Why don't the men propose . • . 245 II. A Fashionable Novel 246 in. Out, John ! 247 THOMAS HOOD (1798— 1845) . Alfred H. Miles 249 (If I ivere punished) 249 Whims and Oddities— I. A Retrospective Review .... 251 11. A Parental Ode 254 in. The Sub-^Nrine 256 iv. Mary's Ghost 258 v.
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