William Schwenck Gilbert image
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Born in November 18, 1836 / Died in May 29, 1911 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by William Schwenck Gilbert

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The Way of Wooing

... He kissed her lips and he pressed her waist, ...

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The Perils of Invisibility

... His coat, his stick, his shoes, his vest, ...

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Don't Forget!

... O, don't forget you've married me! ...

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The Aesthete

... suit ME, Why, what a most particularly pure young man this pure young man ...

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When a Merry Maiden Marries

... Where the last year's snows have gone ...

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The Highly Respectable Gondolier

... Well, one of the two (who will soon be here) - ...

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Proper Bride

... His majesty - He scorns to tell a story: ...

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The Two Ogres

... "Where wicked youths in crowds are stowed ...

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Poetry Everywhere

... Yearns for the aloe, faint with rapturous thrills, ...

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The Disconcerted Tenor

... And his fluttering bosom the slave of mistrust is, ...

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Her Terms

... What should we do, if there should come a f-famine! ...

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The Sorcerer's Song

... With chains, And gibberings grim and ghastly ...

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Thespis: Act I

...  It is not a small charge, and it is rightly termed a lot because there ...

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They'll None of 'Em Be Missed

... mind, And 'St - 'st - 'st - and What's-his-name, and also - You-know-who- ...

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The Ape and the Lady

... That he stammered an apology and made his 'scape, ...