Thomas William Hodgson Crosland Excellent Poems
- 1. Antarctic
What tale is this which stirs a world of knaves
Out of its grubbing to throw greasy pence
Forth to the hat, and choke with eloquence
In boastful prose and verse of doubtful staves?
... - 2. To Everybody
My dear Everybody, -
The other day I lunched at a place
Where there was a pretty lady.
During the course of the talk
... - 3. Titanic
Upon the tinkling splintery battlements
Which swing and tumble south in ghostly white
Behemoth rushes blindly from the night,
Behemoth whom we have praised on instruments
... - 4. To Prince Edward Of York
(On the Return of the "Ophir")
Most well-behaved little Prince, -
As the small boy
... - 5. To Next Christmas
My dear Next Christmas, -
It is an excellent journalistic thing,
Not to say a poetical thing,
To be first in the field.
... - 6. To The Man With A Gun
My dear Sir, -
I suppose you are having an excellent time just now.
There are a large number of counties
In England and Scotland,
... - 7. To Dan Leno
Dear Mr. Leno,
It is now many happy weeks
Since I had the pleasure of addressing you.
On the last occasion, you will remember,
... - 8. To A Bookseller
My dear Sir, -
"There lies a vale in Ida
Lovelier
Than all the valleys
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