1874.
TO
TOM HOOD, ESQUIRE
THESE VERSES ARE DEDICATED
BY
HIS FRIEND AND WORKFELLOW,
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS
[ PREFACE. ]
[ CAROLS OF COCKAYNE. ]
[ THE TWINS. ]
[ UN PAS QUI COÛTE. ]
[ THE GIFT OF THE GAB. ]
[ BEHIND THE SCENES. ]
[ "WITH MUSICAL SOCIETY." ]
[ THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. ]
[ THE OLYMPIC BALL. ]
[ THE TWO AGES. ]
[ STANZAS TO AN INTOXICATED FLY. ]
[ CHIVALRY FOR THE CRADLE. ]
[ CLUMSY SERVANT. ]
[ A NURSERY LEGEND. ]
[ AN ALLEGORY. ]
[ OVER THE WATER. ]
[ AN UNAPPRECIATED CRICHTON. ]
[ ONLY SEVEN. ]
[ SEE-SAW. ]
[ A WILD HUNT. ]
[ A VERY COMMON CHILD. ]
[ CROOKED ANSWERS. ]
[ A BEGGING LETTER. ]
[ A COCKNEY'S EVENING SONG. ]
[ ROMANTIC RECOLLECTIONS. ]
[ THE MAD GRANDPAPA. ]
[ SHABBY-GENTEEL. ]
[ CUPID'S MAMMA. ]
[ THE CRUSADER'S FAREWELL. ]
[ LAYS OF MANY LANDS. ]
[ THE SEASONS. ]
[ BROKEN VOWS. ]
[ WHERE—AND OH! WHERE? ]
[ A FIT OF THE BLUES. ]
[ ROTTEN ROW. ]
[ A LAST RESOURCE. ]
[ WEATHERBOUND IN THE SUBURBS. ]
[ MIDAS. ]
[ TO A TIMID LEECH. ]
[ ANACREONTIC, ]
[ THE HOUSE ON THE TOP OF A HILL. ]
[ MEN I DISLIKE. ]
[ NOT QUITE FAIR. ]
[ WISDOM AND WATER. ]
[ 'TWAS EVER THUS. ]
[ MY SONG. ]
[ BOW BELLS. ]
[ THE PLOT OF A ROMANCE. ]
[ THE SUBJECTS OF SONG. ]
[ AN OLD CYNIC ]
[ THE NIGHTINGALE. ]
[ TO MY BRAIN. ]
[ WANTED, A SINGER. ]
[ ANTICIPATIONS. ]
[ THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES. ]
[ THE OLD WAG. ]
[ ETIQUETTE. ]
[ A PLAIN ANSWER ]
[ IN A HUNDRED YEARS. ]
[ EVENING. ]
[ MY POLITICS. ]
[ THE MISERIES OF GENIUS. ]
[ A DAY FOR WISHING. ]
[ THE DILIGENCE DRIVER. ]
[ THE BALLAD OF THE BARYTONE, ]
[ SONGS OF THE SICK ROOM. ]
[ THE COMPACT, ]
[ THE VISION OF THE ALDERMAN. ]
[ EVENING DRESS. ]
[ WINE. ]
[ MY ULTIMATUM. ]
[ ALL ALONE, ]
[ "OH NIGHTS AND SUPPERS," ETC. ]
[ THE WEATHER. ]
[ "ON CORPULENCE." ]
[ THE MOONLIGHT SONATA. ]
[ OCCASIONAL VERSES. ]
[ CHATEAUX D'ESPAGNE. ]
[ TO A CERTAIN SOMEBODY. ]
[ THE LORD MAYOR'S APOTHEOSIS. ]
[ THE END OF AN OLD YEAR, ]