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Carols of Cockayne

Carols of Cockayne

by Henry S. Leigh

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Author
Leigh, Henry S. (Henry Sambrooke), 1837-1883
Title
Carols of Cockayne The Third Edition, 1874
Credits
Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English poetry -- 19th century
Category
Text
eBook-No.
49682
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49682
Release Date
August 11, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CAROLS OF COCKAYNE.
  2. 2.By Henry S. Leigh. — With Illustrations By Alfred Concanen. — The Third Edition. — 1874. — TO — TOM HOOD, ESQUIRE — THESE VERSES ARE DEDICATED — BY — HIS FRIEND AND WORKFELLOW, — THE AUTHOR.
  3. 3.PREFACE. — H. S. L.
  4. 4.CAROLS OF COCKAYNE.
  5. 5.THE TWINS.
  6. 6.UN PAS QUI COÛTE.
  7. 7.THE GIFT OF THE GAB. — A LECTURE ON ELOCUTION.
  8. 8.BEHIND THE SCENES.
  9. 9."WITH MUSICAL SOCIETY."
  10. 10.THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
  11. 11.THE OLYMPIC BALL.
  12. 12.THE TWO AGES.
  13. 13.STANZAS TO AN INTOXICATED FLY.
  14. 14.CHIVALRY FOR THE CRADLE. — NO. I—THE ROMAUNT OF HUMPTY-DUMPTY. — NO. 2.—A LEGEND OF BANBURY-CROSS.
  15. 15.CLUMSY SERVANT.
  16. 16.A NURSERY LEGEND.
  17. 17.AN ALLEGORY. — WRITTEN IN DEEP DEJECTION.
  18. 18.OVER THE WATER.
  19. 19.AN UNAPPRECIATED CRICHTON.
  20. 20.ONLY SEVEN. — A PASTORAL STORY, AFTER WORDSWORTH. — POSTSCRIPT.
  21. 21.SEE-SAW.
  22. 22.A WILD HUNT.
  23. 23.A VERY COMMON CHILD.
  24. 24.CROOKED ANSWERS. — (Dedicated to the Laureate.) — NO. 1.—VERE DE VERE. — NO. 2.—MAUD.
  25. 25.A BEGGING LETTER.
  26. 26.A COCKNEY'S EVENING SONG.
  27. 27.ROMANTIC RECOLLECTIONS. — I. — II. — III.
  28. 28.THE MAD GRANDPAPA.
  29. 29.SHABBY-GENTEEL.
  30. 30.CUPID'S MAMMA.
  31. 31.THE CRUSADER'S FAREWELL.
  32. 32.LAYS OF MANY LANDS. — NO. I. COSSIMBAZAR. — NO. 2. SARAGOSSA. — NO. 3. CLARENS. — NO. 4. VENICE.
  33. 33.THE SEASONS.
  34. 34.BROKEN VOWS.
  35. 35.WHERE—AND OH! WHERE?
  36. 36.A FIT OF THE BLUES.
  37. 37.ROTTEN ROW.
  38. 38.A LAST RESOURCE.
  39. 39.WEATHERBOUND IN THE SUBURBS.
  40. 40.MIDAS.
  41. 41.TO A TIMID LEECH.
  42. 42.ANACREONTIC, — (For a Cavalier Tea-Party.) — A CHILD'S TWILIGHT. — CHILD. — MOTHER.
  43. 43.THE HOUSE ON THE TOP OF A HILL. — A Newgate Ballad.
  44. 44.MEN I DISLIKE.
  45. 45.NOT QUITE FAIR.
  46. 46.WISDOM AND WATER.
  47. 47.'TWAS EVER THUS.
  48. 48.MY SONG.
  49. 49.BOW BELLS.
  50. 50.THE PLOT OF A ROMANCE.
  51. 51.THE SUBJECTS OF SONG.
  52. 52.AN OLD CYNIC
  53. 53.THE NIGHTINGALE.
  54. 54.TO MY BRAIN. — (A LAST APPEAL.) — I. — II. — III.
  55. 55.WANTED, A SINGER.
  56. 56.ANTICIPATIONS.
  57. 57.THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.
  58. 58.THE OLD WAG. — Air-"Gee, ho, Dobbin! "
  59. 59.ETIQUETTE.
  60. 60.A PLAIN ANSWER — (TO A CIVIL QUESTION.)
  61. 61.IN A HUNDRED YEARS.
  62. 62.EVENING.
  63. 63.MY POLITICS.
  64. 64.THE MISERIES OF GENIUS.
  65. 65.A DAY FOR WISHING.
  66. 66.THE DILIGENCE DRIVER.
  67. 67.THE BALLAD OF THE BARYTONE,
  68. 68.SONGS OF THE SICK ROOM. — NO. 1. COD LIVER OIL. — NO. 2. NIGHT AND MORNING. — NO. 3. GENERAL DEBILITY.
  69. 69.THE COMPACT,
  70. 70.THE VISION OF THE ALDERMAN.
  71. 71.EVENING DRESS.
  72. 72.WINE. — A Scientific Drinking Song.
  73. 73.MY ULTIMATUM.
  74. 74.ALL ALONE, — A Lay of the Morte Saison,
  75. 75."OH NIGHTS AND SUPPERS," ETC.
  76. 76.THE WEATHER.
  77. 77."ON CORPULENCE."
  78. 78.THE MOONLIGHT SONATA. — (By a Musical Maniac.) — FIRST MOVEMENT. — SECOND MOVEMENT. — LAST MOVEMENT.
  79. 79.OCCASIONAL VERSES.
  80. 80.CHATEAUX D'ESPAGNE. — (A Reminiscence of "David Garrick" and "the Castle of Andalusia.")
  81. 81.TO A CERTAIN SOMEBODY. — (Dedicated to Miss E. Farren, late of the Olympic Theatre.)
  82. 82.THE LORD MAYOR'S APOTHEOSIS. — A Civic Ode.
  83. 83.THE END OF AN OLD YEAR, — "The Old Year lies a-dying,"

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