Poems by Richard Harris Barham
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The Witch's Frolic
... of an extinct volcano, proceedeth slowly to the window, and apostrophizeth the Abbey in the distance ...
from 'The Ingoldsby Legends'
... And though both may, perhaps, be too well-bred to swear, ...
The Jackdaw Of Rheims
... That, heedless of grammar, they all cried, "THAT'S HIM!- ...
The Lay Of St. Odille
... While with faces fresh gilt, and with wings burnish'd bright, ...
'Monstre' Balloon
... How they cough'd,- how they sneezed,- how they shiver'd with cold,- ...
A Lay Of St. Gengulphus
... irridens illa, et subsurrans, ait, 'Ita Gengulphus miracula facitat ut pulvinarium meum cantat,' &c ...
The Ghost
... Veal; Of sheeted Spectres spoke with shorten'd breath, ...
The Tragedy
... Whipp'd it tight round his neck, and, when backward he'd jerk'd him, ...
A Lay Of St. Nicholas
... t Individuæ Trinitatis, quam, quasi ardentem, diabolus, nequaquam sustinere valens, mugitibus fugit ...
Stinkomalee Triumphans
... what in town 's an article of great virtu, ...
Ode On A Nearer Prospect Of Summer Hill
... ' Thou ne'er wert led through wanton revelling, ...
The Bagman's Dog: Mr. Peters's Story
... ' You'll find it so printed by Carton or Wynkyn And a very good proverb it is to my thinking ...
The Hand of Glory: The Nurse's Story
... uit, quam demones horribiliter extraxerunt, et imponentes super equum terribilem, per aera rapuerunt ...
'Look At The Clock!' : Patty Morgan The Milkmaid's Story
... suff.' As the doctors write down when they send you their 'stuff,'- ...
The Legend Of Hamilton Tighe
... How he sits there and glow'rs with his head on his knee!' ...
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