Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities

by Unknown

“What is earth, Sexton?—A place to dig graves. What is earth, Rich man?—A place to work slaves. What is earth, Greybeard?—A place to grow old. What is earth, Miser?—A place to dig gold. What is earth, Schoolboy?—A place for my play. What is earth, Maiden?—A place to be gay. What is earth, Seamstress?—A place where I weep. What is earth, Sluggard?—A good place to sleep. What is earth, Soldier?—A place for a battle. What is earth, Herdsman?—A place to raise cattle. What is earth, Widow?—A place of true sorrow. What is earth, Tradesman?—I’ll tell you to-morrow. What is earth, Sick man?—’Tis nothing to me. What is earth, Sailor?—My home is the sea. What is earth, Statesman?—A place to win fame. What is earth, Author?—I’ll write there my name. What is earth, Monarch?—For my realm it is given. What is earth, Christian?—The gateway of heaven.”

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INDEX.

Acrostics, [198]
Ad Chloen, M.A., [105]
Addresses, the Rejected, [15]
Ad Mortem, [56]
Ad Professorem Linguæ Germanicæ, [101]
“Alice in Wonderland,” verses from, [42], [43]
Alliterative verses from “Society,” [210]
American Traveller, the, [132]
Am Rhein, [99]
Analytical, Ode to Davies’, [159]
Angel in the House, the, [239]
Animal Alphabet, an, [206]
Anticipatory Dirge, an, [146]
Arab and his Donkey, the, [167]
Arundines Cami, the, [129], [130]
Ba, ba, Black Sheep, [129]
Ballad of the Period, a, [217]
Ballads, the Bon Gualtier, [31]
Bandit’s Fate, the, [30]
Barham, Mr., parody by, [28];
macaronic by, [70]
Battle of Frogs and Mice, the, [10]
Bayard Taylor, lines by, [36]
Billet-Doux, a, [166]
Biter Bit, the, [40]
Blank Verse in Rhyme, [248]
Boke of Colin Clout, [62]
Bonaparte, anagram on, [196], [197]
Bon Gaultier Ballads, the, [31]
Bore’s Head, Bringing in the, [61]
Boxiana, [177]
Boyle Godfrey, Epitaph on, [150]
Breach of Promise, lines on a, [156]
Bret Harte, verses by, [38], [154], [162]
Brook, the, parody on, [39]
Brooks, Shirley, lines by, [30]
Brownrigg, Mrs., lines on, [26]
Buckland, Professor, Dirge on, [146]
Bunker Hill, alliterative lines on, [204]
Burial of Sir John Moore, parodies on, [27], [28]
Burnand, F. C., parody by, [46]
Burns, mosaic poem on, [225]
Burton, Mrs., parody by, [49]
Buttes, Thomas, acrostic by, [199]
Byrom, Mr., hymn by, [57];
lines by, [234]
Byron, parody on style of, [21]
Calverly, Mr., [39], [41]
Camden on Anagrams, [188]
Canning and Frere, [26]
Captain Smith and Pocahontas, [113]
Carlyle, Thomas, anagram on, [196]
Carmen ad Terry, [96]
Carol, Christmas, [61]
Carpette, Knyghte, ye, [42]
Carroll, Lewis, parodies by, [42], [43], [50];
lines by, [218]
Ce Meme Vieux Coon, [94]
Centennial Exhibition, the, lines on, [51]
Chain Verses, [53]
Chanson without music, [89]
Chinese English, [122]
Clara Morchella Deliciosa, To, [152]
Clock, the Musical, [54]
Clubbis Noster, [81]
Coincidences and Contrarieties, [138]
Colin Clout, Boke of, [62]
College macaronics, [110], [112]
Collins, Mortimer, lines by, [33], [34], [105]
Comic Latin Grammar, lines from, [73]
Concatenation Verse, [53]
Contenti Abeamus, [86]
Correspondents, To, [238]
Cotton Mather, [192]
Crabbe, parody on, [16]
Crawford, Mrs., [209]
Cremation, [47], [48]
Cumulative Parodying, [247]
Davies’ Analytical, Ode to, [159]
Dean Swift, [111]
Death of the Sea-Serpent, [77]
De Leguleo, [88]
“Detection,” Harsnett’s, [62]
Dirge on Professor Buckland, [146]
Disraeli, Benjamin, [243]
Diversions of the Echo Club, [36]
Doctor, Southey’s, [190]
Druggist, Lament of an unfortunate, [157]
Drury Lane, a tale of, [22]
Drury Rev. H., [229]

Earth, [251]
Echo Club, Diversions of the, [36]
Echo and the Lover, [230]
Echo on Woman, a Gentle, [229]
Elessdè, [250]
Elizabeth, Queen, acrostic on, [200]
English Language, the, [139]
Epitaph, macaronic, [110]
Epitaph on Dr. Maginn, [175]
Epode of Horace, the Second, [67]
Eve’s Legend, [220]
Evil, anagram on, [197]
Evolution, [168]
Fable for Critics, the, [242]
Fair “Come-Outer,” the, [106]
Fate of Nassan, the, [223]
Felis-itous, Very, [93]
Fireside Amusements, poem from, [227]
Fonseca’s Guide to English, [115]
Footman Joe, [181]
Four Brothers, the, [107]
Friend at Parting, to a, [100]
Geddes, Dr., [59]
Gentle Echo on Woman, [229]
“Gentle Shepherd,” the sign of the, [109]
Geological Address, a, [154]
Geological Madrigal, a, [162]
Gilbert, W. S., lines by, [218]
Goldsmith, parody on lines by, [30]
Guide to English, a New, [115]
Harte, Bret, verses by, [38], [154], [162]
Hegemon of Thasos, [10]
Henry Martin the Regicide, [26]
Hey diddle diddle, new version of, [127]
Holland, Lord, [220]
Holmes, Dr., macaronic by, [89]
Homœopathic Soup, [165]
Hone’s Every-Day Book, [60]
Hood, Thomas, parody by, [27], [29];
verses by, [248]
Horace, Second Epode of, [67]
Household Words, lines from, [216]
How the Daughters come down at Dunoon, [45]
Hunting of the Snark, [218]
Husband’s Complaint, the, [164]
Hussey, Mrs. Margaret, [174]
Hymn, by Mr. Byrom, [57]
Ich bin Dein, [85]
“If,” by Mortimer Collins, [33]
Ignoramus, Scene from play of, [63]
Inscription on Mrs. Brownrigg’s cell, [26]
Jack and Jill, [108];
new version of, [126]
Jack Horner, new version of, [126]
Jeffrey, Lord, [16]
Johnson, Dr., [112], [171]
Kehama, parody on Southey’s, [20]
Knox Ward, [156]
Lady, To a, [182]
Lament of an Unfortunate Druggist, [157]
Lang, Dr., [131]
Lasphrise, M., [53]
Laureate’s Journey, the, [31]
Lay of Macaroni, the, [207]
Leguleo, De, [88]
Leigh, Henry S., [31], [46]
Leland, Mr. Charles G., [115], [216].
Lines by a Fond Lover, [219]
Little Bo-peep, [108];
new rendering of, [129]
Little Miss Muffit, new version of, [127]
Little Red Riding Hood, [83]
Love Story, an original, [143]
Lowell, J. Russell, [242]
Lydia Green, [97]
Macaulay, travesty on, [31];
a letter of, [239]
Maginn, Dr., [67];
epitaph on, [175]
Mahony, Rev. Francis, [129]
Malum Opus, [95]
Man and the Ascidian, [161]
Mark Twain, [112]
“Mary’s Little Lamb,” new versions of, [127], [128]
Microscopic Serenade, [148]
Milman, lines from, [235]
Milton, Parody on, [11]
Moments, the Watch’s, [235]
Monk, Duke of Albemarle, [192]
Monosyllabic Song, [249]
Moore, parodies on, [21], [22], [45], [46]
Morituri te Salutant, [169]
Mosaic poems, [224]
Musical Ass, the, [176]
Musical Clock, the, [54]
Mycological Serenade, a, [152]
My Love, [241]
Nahum Fay on the loss of his wife, [179]
Native names, [132]
New Versions of Nursery Rhymes, [125-128]
Nursery Rhymes, new versions of, [125-127]
Ode to Davies’ Analytical, [159]
Ode to a Skylark, Shelley’s, [212]
O’Keefe, Song by, [66]
Only Seven, [32]
Original Love Story, [143]
Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, the, [132]
Owed to my Creditors, [142]
Palmer, Professor E. H., verses by, [121], [214]

Palmerston, Lord, anagram on, [196]
Parterre, the, [121]
Patmore, Mr. Coventry, [239]
Pennell, H. C., parody by, [44], [45]
Philips, John, [11]
Pidgin English, [122]
Planché, Mr., songs by, [50];
acrostic by, [201]
Pliocene Skull, to the, [154]
Pocahontas and Captain Smith, [113]
Poe, Edgar A., parodies on, [36], [38];
acrostic by, [202]
Polished Poem, a, [245]
Polka, the, [81]
Pome of a Possum, [102]
Pony Lost, [241]
Pope, alliterative lines by, [211]
Prevalent Poetry, [144]
Prince Charles after Culloden, [205]
Printer, the, [241]
Procuratores, lines on the, [35]
Promissory Note, the, [36]
Radenovitch, the, [180]
Recipe for Salad, a, [34]
Recognition, the, [40]
Red Riding Hood, Little, [83]
Rejected Addresses, the, [15]
Rex Midas, [70]
Rhyme for Musicians, a, [135]
Rhymes, nursery, new versions of, [125-128]
Robert Burns, mosaic poem on, [225]
Roman Nose, the, [170]
Rudiger, Andreas, [191]
Ruggles’ Ignoramus, [63]
Ruling Power, the, [178]
St. George et his Dragon, [79]
Salad, recipe for, [34]
Scott, Sir Walter, parody on, [22]
Sea-Serpent, the, [76]
Serenade, microscopic, [148]
Serenade, mycological, [152]
Sermon, a Temperance, [145]
“Serve-um-Right,” [99]
Sheridan, Dr., [111];
lines by, [172], [173]
Shipwreck, the, [214]
Shootover Papers, the, [35]
Skelton, poet-laureate, [62], [174]
Slidell and Mason, [92]
Smith, Dr. Charles, epitaph by, [149]
Smith, James and Horace, [15]
Smith, Sydney, [111]
Soliloquy in Hamlet, parodies on, [46], [47]
Solo, the, [241]
Song from Garrick Collection, [249]
Southey’s Kehama, parody on, [20]
Spelling Reform, [141]
Splendid Shilling, the, [11]
Sun-dial, lines on a, [237]
Surnames, [136]
Swift, Dean, [111]
Tale of Drury Lane, a, [22]
Taylor, Bayard, lines by, [36]
Teetotum, the, [108]
Temperance Sermon, a, [145]
Tennyson, parodies on, [39], [40]
That Thirty-four! [52]
Theatre, the, [16]
Thirty-Five, [171]
Thompson, George, anagram on, [195]
To a Friend at Parting, [100]
To a Lady with a Watch, [236]
Toast—a Sott, [195]
Topside-Galow, [123]
Treatise on Wine, a, [73]
Truth, chain verse on, [57]
“Truth,” parody from, [51]
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, new versions of, [125], [131]
Unfortunate Druggist, lament of an, [157]
Valentine, a, [92]
Very Felis-itous, [93]
Victor Hugo, lines by, [112]
Viner, Sir Robert, [193]
Visitors’ Books, lines from, [109]
Watch-case verses, [232]
“We met,” &c., [29]
Whalley, Peter, anagram on, [194]
Wig and the Hat, the, [95], [183]
Wilson, John, [193]
Wine, a Treatise on, [73]
Wordsworth, parody on, [32]
Yacht Alphabet, a, [213]
“You are old, Father William,” [43]
Yriarte, Tomaso de, [177]

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