INDEX OF TITLES
| Aesthere to the Rose, The | Punch | [40] |
| After Browning | [194] | |
| Amateur Flute, The | [140] | |
| American, One of the Roughs, A Kosmos, An | [219] | |
| Ancient Mariner, The | [61] | |
| Angelo Orders His Dinner | Bayard Taylor | [205] |
| Annabel Lee | Stanley Huntley | [147] |
Answer to Master Wither's Song, "Shall I, | Ben Jonson | [25] |
| Atalanta in Camden-Town | Lewis Carroll | [270] |
| At the Sign of the Cock | Owen Seaman | [248] |
Baby's Omar, The | Carolyn Wells | [12] |
| Bachelor's Soliloquy, The | [17] | |
| Ballad | Charles S. Calverley | [253] |
| Ballad, A | Guy Wetmore Carryl | [307] |
| Ballade of Ballade-Mongers, A | Augustus M. Moore | [322] |
| Bat, The | Lewis Carroll | [82] |
| Bather's Dirge, The | Tennyson Minor | [155] |
| Beautiful Snow | [324] | |
| Bed During Exams | Clara Warren Vail | [298] |
| Behold the Deeds! | H. C. Bunner | [319] |
| Bells, The | Judy | [148] |
| Birds and the Pheasant, The | Punch | [131] |
| Biter Bit, The | William Aytoun | [161] |
| Bo-Peep | Anthony C. Deane | [294] |
| Boston Nursery Rhymes | Rev. Joseph Cook | [32] |
| Burial of the Bachelor, The | [88] | |
| By the Sea | Bayard Taylor | [203] |
Camerados | Bayard Taylor | [220] |
| Cannibal Flea, The | Tom Hood, Jr. | [145] |
| Cantelope, The | Bayard Taylor | [243] |
| Christmas Wail, A | [252] | |
| Cimabuella | Bayard Taylor | [255] |
| Cock and the Bull, The | Charles S. Calverley | [195] |
| Cockney Enigma on the Letter H | Horace Mayhew | [49] |
| Commonplaces | Rudyard Kipling | [97] |
| Crocodile, The | Lewis Carroll | [43] |
| Cult of the Celtic, The | Anthony C. Deane | [317] |
| Culture in the Slums | W. E. Henley | [322] |
Desolation | Tom Masson | [130] |
| De Tea Fabula | A. T. Quiller-Couch | [289] |
| Disaster | Charles S. Calverley | [79] |
| Domicile of John, The | A. Pope | [34] |
| Dreary Song, A | Shirley Brooks | [20] |
Elderly Gentleman, The | George Canning | [328] |
| Estunt the Griff | Rudyard Kipling | [235] |
| Excelsior | [124] | |
Father William | Lewis Carroll | [67] |
| Flight of the Bucket, The | Rudyard Kipling | [206] |
| Foam and Fangs | Walter Parke | [278] |
| Fragment in Imitation of Wordsworth | C. M. Fanshawe | [52] |
| Fuzzy Wuzzy Leaves us | E. P. C. | [305] |
Gaelic Speech; or "Auld Lang Syne" | [45] | |
| Gillian | [268] | |
| Goblin Goose, The | Punch | [150] |
| Godiva | Oliver Herford | [177] |
| Golfer's Rubaiyat, The | H. W. Boynton | [3] |
| Grievance, A | J. K. Stephen | [85] |
| Gwendoline | Bayard Taylor | [118] |
Hadramaut | Bayard Taylor | [233] |
| Heathen Pass-ee, The | A. C. Hilton | [286] |
| Higher | [120] | |
| Higher Pantheism in a Nutshell, The | Algernon C. Swinburne | [180] |
| Hiram Hover | Bayard Taylor | [133] |
| Horse and His Master, The | Philip F. Allen | [136] |
| Home Sweet Home with Variations | Henry C. Bunner | [334] |
| Home Truths from Abroad | [193] | |
| House that Jack Built, The | Samuel T. Coleridge | [31] |
| How Often | Ben King | [129] |
Idyll of Phatte and Leene, An | [29] | |
| If! | Mortimer Collins | [274] |
| If I Should Die To-Night | Ben King | [331] |
| Imitation | Henry C. Bunner | [96] |
| Imitation of Robert Browning | J. K. Stephen | [210] |
| Imitation of Walt Whitman | Judy | [221] |
| Imitation of Walt Whitman | J. K. Stephen | [224] |
| Imitation | Anthony C. Deane | [296] |
| In Immemoriam | Cuthbert Bede | [174] |
| In the Gloaming | Charles S. Calverley | [116] |
| I Remember, I Remember | Phœbe Cary | [101] |
Jack and Jill | Anthony C. Deane | [309] |
| Jack and Jill | Charles Battell Loomis | [348] |
| Jacob | Phœbe Cary | [51] |
| Jam-Pot, The | Rudyard Kipling | [210] |
| Jane Smith | Rudyard Kipling | [54] |
| John Thompson's Daughter | Phœbe Cary | [73] |
Lady Jane | A. T. Quiller-Couch | [69] |
| Last Cigar, The | [76] | |
| Last Ride Together, The | J. K. Stephen | [212] |
| Laureate, The | William Aytoun | [163] |
| Laureate's Log, A | Punch | [178] |
| Laureate's Tourney, The | William Aytoun | [105] |
| Lay of Macaroni, The | Bayard Taylor | [284] |
| Lay of the Lovelorn, The | William Aytoun | [165] |
| Legend of Realism, The | Hilda Johnson | [313] |
Lines Written ("By Request") for a Dinner | Owen Seaman | [10] |
| Little Jack Horner | Anthony C. Deane | [315] |
| Little Miss Muffet | [156] | |
| Lobster Quadrille, The | Lewis Carroll | [114] |
| Lost Ape, The | J. W. G. W. | [245] |
| Lost Voice, The | A. H. S. | [244] |
| Lost Word, The | C. H. Webb | [246] |
| Love and Science | [153] | |
| Lovers, and a Reflection | Charles S. Calverley | [259] |
| Love Song, A | Dean Swift | [331] |
| Lucy Lake | Newton Mackintosh | [57] |
Maid of the Meerschaum, The | Rudyard Kipling | [275] |
| Manlet, The | Lewis Carroll | [272] |
| Man's Place in Nature | [191] | |
| Marriage of Sir John Smith, The | Phœbe Cary | [91] |
| Mary and the Lamb | Frank D. Sherman | [37] |
| Maudle-in Ballad, A | Punch | [300] |
| Melton Mowbray Pork-Pie, A | Richard Le Gallienne | [278] |
| Modern Hiawatha, The | [120] | |
| Modern Rubaiyat, The | Kate Masterson | [7] |
| Modern Versification on Ancient Themes | Elizabeth Cavazza | [346] |
| More Impressions | Oscuro Wildgoose | [299] |
| Musical Pitch, The | [158] | |
| Mutton | [113] | |
| My Foe | [46] | |
Nephelidia | A. C. Swinburne | [282] |
| Nettle, The | Bayard Taylor | [231] |
| New Arrival, The | George W. Cable | [72] |
| Newest Thing in Christmas Carols, The | [325] | |
| New Version, The | W. J. Lampton | [138] |
| Not a Sou had he Got | R. Harris Barham | [89] |
| Nursery Rhymes à la Mode | [299] | |
| Nursery Song in Pidgin English | [30] | |
Ode, An | Anthony C. Deane | [237] |
| Ode on a Jar of Pickles | Bayard Taylor | [94] |
| Ode to a London Fog | [239] | |
| Of Friendship | Charles S. Calverley | [185] |
| Of Reading | Charles S. Calverley | [186] |
| Old Fashioned Fun | W. M. Thackeray | [333] |
| Old Man's Cold and How He Got It, The | [66] | |
| Old Song by New Singers, An | A. C. Wilkie | [368] |
| Omar for Ladies, An | Josephine D. Bacon | [5] |
| Only Seven | Henry S. Leigh | [55] |
| On Wordsworth | [51] | |
| Oyster-Crabs | Carolyn Wells | [41] |
Poet and the Woodlouse, The | A. C. Swinburne | [224] |
| Poets at a House-Party | Carolyn Wells | [363] |
| Poets at Tea, The | Barry Pain | [359] |
| Poker | [18] | |
| Portrait, A | John Keats | [15] |
| Poster Girl, The | Carolyn Wells | [257] |
| President Garfield | [240] | |
| Prodigals, The | [292] | |
| Promissory Note, The | Bayard Taylor | [143] |
| Propinquity Needed | Charles B. Loomis | [241] |
| Psalm of Life, A | Phœbe Cary | [127] |
Quaeritur | Rudyard Kipling | [277] |
| Quite the Cheese | H. C. Waring | [302] |
Recognition, The | William Sawyer | [180] |
| Rejected "National Hymns," The | Robert H. Newell | [352] |
| Remember | Judy | [263] |
| Rigid Body Sings | J. C. Maxwell | [48] |
| Rout of Belgravia, The | Jon Duan, 84 | |
Samuel Brown | Phœbe Cary | [142] |
| Sarah's Halls | Judy | [80] |
| Self-Evident | J. R. Planché | [104] |
| Shrimp-Gatherers, The | Bayard Taylor | [261] |
| Sir Eggnogg | Bayard Taylor | [175] |
| Some Day | F. P. Doveton | [329] |
| Song | Oliver Herford | [27] |
| Song | James Whitcomb Riley | [22] |
| Song of a Heart, A | Oliver Herford | [33] |
| Song of Renunciation, A | Owen Seaman | [279] |
| Song of the Sheet | [98] | |
| "Songs Without Words" | Robert J. Burdette | [327] |
| Staccato to O Le Lupe, A | Bliss Carman | [200] |
| Striking | Charles S. Calverley | [64] |
Tale of Lord Lovell, The | [326] | |
| Tea, The | Tom Hood, Jr. | [82] |
| "The Day is Done" | Phœbe Cary | [126] |
| Theme with Variations, A | Barry Pain | [356] |
| "There's a Bower of Bean-Vines" | Phœbe Cary | [78] |
| Three Blessings | [41] | |
| Three Little Fishers | Frank H. Stauffer | [229] |
| Three Mice, The | Anthony C. Deane | [304] |
| Three Poets, The | Lilian Whiting | [230] |
| Thyroid Gland, The | R. M. | [93] |
| Timbuctoo.—Part I. | W. M. Thackeray | [183] |
| To an Importunate Host | [158] | |
| To Julia Under Lock and Key | Owen Seaman | [27] |
| Toothache | [19] | |
| Topside Galah! | [122] | |
| To the Stall-Holders at a Fancy Fair | W. S. Gilbert | [21] |
| Turtle Soup | Lewis Carroll | [329] |
| 'T was Ever Thus | Henry S. Leigh | [81] |
| 'T was Ever Thus | [77] | |
Up the Spout | A. C. Swinburne | [215] |
Village Choir, The | [159] | |
| Voice of the Lobster, The | Lewis Carroll | [42] |
| Vulture and the Husbandman, The | A. C Hilton | [265] |
Waggawocky | Shirley Brooks | [264] |
| What Troubled Poe's Raven | John Bennett | [139] |
| When Lovely Woman | Phœbe Cary | [44] |
| Whist-Player's Soliloquy, The | Carolyn Wells | [23] |
| Willow-Tree, The | W. M. Thackeray | [188] |
Ye Clerke of Ye Wethere | [14] | |
| Young Lochinvar | [58] | |
| Yule-Tide Parody, A | [103] |
INDEX OF AUTHORS
| Allen, Philip F. | |
| The Horse and His Master | [136] |
| Aytoun, William | |
| The Laureate's Tourney | [105] |
| The Biter Bit | [161] |
| The Laureate | [163] |
| The Lay of the Lovelorn | [165] |
| Bacon, Josephine Daskam | |
| An Omar for Ladies | [5] |
| Barham, R. Harris | |
| Not a Sou Had He Got | [89] |
| Bede, Cuthbert | |
| In Immemoriam | [174] |
| Bennett, John | |
| What Troubled Poe's Raven | [139] |
| Boynton, H. W. | |
| The Golfer's Rubaiyat | [3] |
| Brooks, Shirley | |
| A Dreary Song | [20] |
| Waggawocky | [264] |
| Bunner, Henry Cuyler | |
| Imitation | [96] |
| Behold the Deeds! | [319] |
| Home Sweet Home with Variations | [334] |
| Burdette, Robert J. | |
| "Songs Without Words" | [327] |
| Cable, George Washington | |
| The New Arrival | [72] |
| Calverley, Charles S. | |
| Striking | [64] |
| Disaster | [79] |
| In the Gloaming | [116] |
| Of Friendship | [185] |
| Of Reading | [186] |
| The Cock and the Bull | [195] |
| Ballad | [253] |
| Lovers, and a Reflection | [259] |
| Canning, George | |
| The Elderly Gentleman | [328] |
| Carman, Bliss | |
| A Staccato to O Le Lupe | [200] |
| Carroll, Lewis | |
| The Voice of the Lobster | [42] |
| The Crocodile | [43] |
| Father William | [67] |
| The Bat | [82] |
| The Lobster Quadrille | [114] |
| Atalanta in Camden-Town | [270] |
| The Manlet | [272] |
| Turtle Soup | [329] |
| Carryl, Guy Wetmore | |
| A Ballad | [307] |
| Cary, Phœbe | |
| When Lovely Woman | [44] |
| Jacob | [51] |
| John Thompson's Daughter | [73] |
| "There's a Bower of Bean-Vines" | [78] |
| The Marriage of Sir John Smith | [91] |
| I Remember, I Remember | [101] |
| "The Day is Done" | [126] |
| A Psalm of Life | [127] |
| Samuel Brown | [142] |
| Cavazza, Elizabeth | |
| Modern Versification on Ancient Themes | [346] |
| Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | |
| The House That Jack Built | [31] |
| Collins, Mortimer | |
| If! | [274] |
| Cook, Rev. Joseph | |
| Boston Nursery Rhymes | [32] |
| Deane, Anthony C. | |
| An Ode | [237] |
| Bo-Peep | [294] |
| Imitation | [296] |
| The Three Mice | [304] |
| Jack and Jill | [309] |
| Little Jack Horner | [315] |
| The Cult of the Celtic | [317] |
| Doveton, F. P. | |
| Some Day | [329] |
| Duan, Jon | |
| The Rout of Belgravia | [84] |
| Fanshawe, Catherine M. | |
| Fragment in Imitation of Wordsworth | [52] |
| Gilbert, W. S. | |
| To the Stall-Holders at a Fancy Fair | [21] |
| Henley, W. E. | |
| Culture in the Slums | [322] |
| Herford, Oliver | |
| Song | [27] |
| A Song of a Heart | [33] |
| Godiva | [177] |
| Hilton, A. C. | |
| The Heathen Pass-ee | [286] |
| The Vulture and the Husbandman | [265] |
| Hood, Tom, Jr. | |
| The Tea | [82] |
| The Cannibal Flea | [145] |
| Huntley, Stanley | |
| Annabel Lee | [147] |
| Johnson, Hilda | |
| The Legend of Realism | [313] |
| Jonson, Ben | |
| Answer to Master Wither's Song, "Shall I, Wasting in Despair?" | [25] |
| Judy | |
| Sarah's Halls | [80] |
| The Bells | [148] |
| Imitation of Walt Whitman | [221] |
| Remember | [263] |
| Keats, John | |
| A Portrait | [15] |
| King, Ben | |
| How Often | [129] |
| If I Should Die To-Night | [331] |
| Kipling, Rudyard | |
| Jane Smith | [54] |
| Commonplaces | [97] |
| The Flight of the Bucket | [206] |
| The Jam-Pot | [210] |
| Estunt the Griff | [235] |
| The Maid of the Meerschaum | [275] |
| Quaeritur | [277] |
| Lampton, W. J. | |
| The New Version | [138] |
| Le Gallienne, Richard | |
| A Melton Mowbray Pork-Pie | [278] |
| Leigh, Henry S. | |
| Only Seven | [55] |
| 'Twas Ever Thus | [81] |
| Loomis, Charles Battell | |
| Propinquity Needed | [241] |
| Jack and Jill | [348] |
| Mackintosh, Newton | |
| Lucy Lake | [57] |
| Masson, Tom | |
| Desolation | [130] |
| Masterson, Kate | |
| The Modern Rubaiyat | [7] |
| Maxwell, J. C. | |
| Rigid Body Sings | [48] |
| Mayhew, Horace | |
| Cockney Enigma on the Letter H | [49] |
| Minor, Tennyson | |
| The Bather's Dirge | [155] |
| Moore, Augustus M. | |
| A Ballade of Ballade-Mongers | [322] |
| Newell, Robert Henry | |
| The Rejected "National Hymns" | [352] |
| Pain, Barry | |
| A Theme with Variations | [356] |
| The Poets at Tea | [359] |
| Parke, Walter | |
| Foam and Fangs | [278] |
| Planché, J. R. | |
| Self-Evident | [104] |
| Pope, A. | |
| The Domicile of John | [34] |
| Punch | |
| The Aesthete to the Rose | [40] |
| The Birds and the Pheasant | [131] |
| The Goblin Goose | [150] |
| A Laureate's Log | [178] |
| A Maudle-in Ballad | [300] |
| Quiller-Couch, A. T. | |
| Lady Jane | [69] |
| De Tea Fabula | [289] |
| Riley, James Whitcomb | |
| Song | [22] |
| Sawyer, William | |
| The Recognition | [180] |
| Seaman, Owen | |
| Lines Written ("By Request") for a Dinner of the Omar Khayyam Club | [10] |
| To Julia Under Lock and Key | [27] |
| At the Sign of the Cock | [248] |
| A Song of Renunciation | [279] |
| Sherman, Frank Dempster | |
| Mary and the Lamb | [37] |
| Stauffer, Frank H. | |
| Three Little Fishers | [229] |
| Stephen, J. K. | |
| A Grievance | [85] |
| Imitation of Robert Browning | [210] |
| The Last Ride Together | [212] |
| Imitation of Walt Whitman | [224] |
| Swift, Dean | |
| A Love Song | [331] |
| Swinburne, Algernon Charles | |
| The Higher Pantheism in a Nutshell | [180] |
| Up the Spout | [215] |
| The Poet and the Woodlouse | [224] |
| Nephelidia | [282] |
| Taylor, Bayard | |
| Ode on a Jar of Pickles | [94] |
| Gwendoline | [118] |
| Hiram Hover | [133] |
| The Promissory Note | [143] |
| Sir Eggnogg | [175] |
| By the Sea | [203] |
| Angelo Orders His Dinner | [205] |
| Camerados | [220] |
| The Nettle | [231] |
| Hadramaut | [233] |
| The Cantelope | [243] |
| Cimabuella | [255] |
| The Shrimp-Gatherers | [261] |
| The Lay of Macaroni | [284] |
| Thackeray, W. M. | |
| Timbuctoo.—Part I | [183] |
| The Willow-Tree | [188] |
| Old Fashioned Fun | [333] |
| Vail, Clara Warren | |
| Bed During Exams | [298] |
| Waring, H. C. | |
| Quite the Cheese | [302] |
| Webb, C. H. | |
| The Lost Word | [246] |
| Wells, Carolyn | |
| The Baby's Omar | [12] |
| The Whist-Player's Soliloquy | [23] |
| Oyster-Crabs | [41] |
| The Poster Girl | [257] |
| The Poets at a House-Party | [363] |
| Whiting, Lilian | |
| The Three Poets | [230] |
| Wildgoose, Oscura | |
| More Impressions | [299] |
| Wilkie, A. C. | |
| An Old Song by New Singers | [368] |