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William Schwenck Gilbert

1836 - 1911


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: A Classical Revival At the outset I may mention it's my sovereign intention 60220
2: A Discontented Sugar Broker A GENTLEMAN of City fame 120201
3: A Man Who Would Woo A Fair Maid A man who would woo a fair maid, 45254
4: A Manager's Perplexities Were I a king in very truth, 31205
5: A Merry Madrigal. Brightly dawns our wedding day; 24223
6: A Mirage. Were I thy bride, Then the whole world beside 40240
7: A Nightmare When you're lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is taboo'd by anxiety, 32239
8: A Recipe. Take a pair of sparkling eyes, 28223
9: A Worm Will Turn I love a man who'll smile and joke 85243
10: Ah Me! When maiden loves, she sits and sighs, 20247
11: An Appeal. Oh, is there not one maiden breast 16216
12: An English Girl A wonderful joy our eyes to bless, 48318
13: An Unfortunate Likeness. I've painted Shakespeare all my life 100290
14: Anglicised Utopia Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses, 48209
15: Annie Protheroe. A Legend Of Stratford-Le-Bow. Oh! listen to the tale of little Annie Protheroe. 86243
16: At A Pantomime. By A Bilious One An Actor sits in doubtful gloom, 68210
17: At A Pantomime. By A Bilious One. An Actor sits in doubtful gloom, 68222
18: Babette's Love BABETTE she was a fisher gal, 84273
19: Baines Carew, Gentleman Of all the good attorneys who 92263
20: Ben Allah Achmet; Or, The Fatal Tum I once did know a Turkish man 80199
21: Blue Blood Spurn not the nobly born 26215
22: Bob Polter Bob Polter was a navvy, and 100203
23: Braid The Raven Hair. Braid the raven hair, Weave the supple tress, 20242
24: Brave Alum Bey Oh, big was the bosom of brave ALUM BEY, 96239
25: Captain Reece Of all the ships upon the blue, 92197
26: Damon v. Pythias Two better friends you wouldn't pass 80242
27: Disillusioned By An Ex-Enthusiast Oh, that my soul its gods could see 54229
28: Don't Forget. Now, Marco dear, My wishes hear: 56224
29: Eheu Fugaces! The air is charged with amatory numbers 20193
30: Ellen McJones Aberdeen MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS McCLAN 84217
31: Emily, John, James, And I. A Derby Legend. Emily Jane was a nursery maid, 81199
32: Etiquette. {1} The Ballyshannon foundered off the coast of Cariboo, 88185
33: Ferdinando And Elvira; Or, The Gentle Pieman At a pleasant evening party I had taken down to supper 64203
34: First Love A clergyman in Berkshire dwelt, 108214
35: General John The bravest names for fire and flames 52231
36: Gentle Alice Brown It was a robber's daughter, and her name was Alice Brown; 72203
37: Girl Graduates. They intend to send a wire To the moon; 40180
38: Good Little Girls Although of native maids the cream, 40214
39: Gregory Parable, LL.D. A leafy cot, where no dry rot 118212
40: Haunted Haunted? Ay, in a social way 64197
41: Haunted. Haunted? Ay, in a social way 64201
42: He And She. I know a youth who loves a little maid 41185
43: He Loves! He loves! If in the bygone years 16202
44: Her Terms My wedded life Must every pleasure bring 50208
45: Hongree And Mahry. A Recollection Of A Surrey Melodrama. The sun was setting in its wonted west, 110188
46: How It's Done Bold-faced ranger (Perfect stranger) 66203
47: Is Life A Boon? Is life a boon? If so? it must befal 22236
48: Joe Golightly Or, The First Lord's Daughter A tar, but poorly prized, 99192
49: John And Freddy JOHN courted lovely MARY ANN, 56231
50: King Borria Bungalee Boo King Borria Bungalee Boo 105189
51: King Goodheart. There lived a King, as I've been told, 48233
52: Lieutenant-Colonel Flare The earth has armies plenty, 96205
53: Life First you're born - and I'll be bound you 66226
54: Life Is Lovely All The Year When the buds are blossoming, 34216
55: Limited Liability Some seven men form an Association 42199
56: Little Oliver Earl Joyce he was a kind old party 107228
57: Lorenzo De Lardy DALILAH DE DARDY adored 80244
58: Lost Mr. Blake. Mr. Blake was a regular out-and-out hardened sinner, 60294
59: Mister William. Oh, listen to the tale of Mister William, if you please, 88300
60: My Dream. The other night, from cares exempt, 92205
61: My Lady Bedecked in fashion trim, 28232
62: Old Paul And Old Tim When rival adorers come courting a maid, 64206
63: One Against The World It's my opinion - though I own 36199
64: Only A Dancing Girl Only a dancing girl, With an unromantic style, 42187
65: Only Roses! To a garden full of posies 20185
66: Out Of Sorts When you find you're a broken-down critter, 36189
67: Pasha Bailey Ben A proud Pasha was BAILEY BEN, 104218
68: Peter The Wag Policeman PETER forth I drag 96196
69: Phrenology. Come, collar this bad man 88181
70: Poetry Everywhere What time the poet hath hymned 18202
71: Proper Pride. The Sun, whose rays Are all ablaze 32212
72: Put A Penny In The Slot If my action's stiff and crude, 30187
73: Said I To Myself, Said I. When I went to the Bar as a very young man, 32233
74: Sans Souci I cannot tell what this love may be 16217
75: Sir Barnaby Bampton Boo This is SIR BARNABY BAMPTON BOO, 72260
76: Sir Guy The Crusader Sir Guy was a doughty crusader, 65210
77: Sir Macklin Of all the youths I ever saw 68206
78: Sleep On! Fear no unlicensed entry, 24207
79: Solatium Comes the broken flower 20198
80: Sorry Her Lot. Sorry her lot who loves too well, 12223
81: Speculation. Comes a train of little ladies 16222
82: Tempora Mutantur Letters, letters, letters, letters! 53180
83: The Aesthete If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line, as a man of culture rare, 24244
84: The Ape And The Lady. A lady fair, of lineage high, 33230
85: The Baby's Vengeance. Weary at heart and extremely ill 102201
86: The Baffled Grumbler. Whene'er I poke Sarcastic joke 48221
87: The Bishop And The 'Busman It was a Bishop bold, 76225
88: The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo From east and south the holy clan 96226
89: The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo Again. I often wonder whether you 88202
90: The British Tar. A British tar is a soaring soul, 16201
91: The Bumboat Woman's Story. I'm old, my dears, and shrivelled with age, and work, and grief, 76210
92: The Captain And The Mermaids. I sing a legend of the sea, 108213
93: The Coming Bye And Bye. Sad is that woman's lot who, year by year, 24204
94: The Contemplative Sentry. When all night long a chap remains 30203
95: The Cunning Woman On all Arcadia's sunny plain, 104231
96: The Darned Mounseer. I shipped, d'ye see, in a Revenue sloop, 42216
97: The Disagreeable Man. If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: 27200
98: The Disconcerted Tenor A tenor, all singers above 32199
99: The Duke And The Duchess Small titles and orders 65236
100: The Duke Of Plaza-Toro. In enterprise of martial kind, 54217
101: The Englishman. He is an Englishman! 12198
102: The Fairy Curate. Once a fairy Light and airy Married with a mortal; 156227
103: The Fairy Queen's Song Oh, foolish fay, Think you because 34225
104: The Family Fool. Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, 65216
105: The Fickle Breeze Sighing softly to the river 24249
106: The First Lord's Song. When I was a lad I served a term 36238
107: The Folly Of Brown By A General Agent I knew a boor a clownish card 80247
108: The Force Of Argument Lord B. was a nobleman bold 84191
109: The Ghost, The Gallant, The Gael, And The Goblin O'er unreclaimed suburban clays 96184
110: The Ghosts' High Noon When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls, and the bat in the moonlight flies, 12214
111: The Great Oak Tree There grew a little flower 36199
112: The Haughty Actor. An actor Gibbs, of Drury Lane 117192
113: The Heavy Dragoon. If you want a receipt for that popular mystery 40167
114: The Highly Respectable Gondolier. I stole the Prince, and I brought him here, 44200
115: The House Of Peers. When Britain really ruled the waves 21212
116: The Humane Mikado. A more humane Mikado never 74214
117: The Independent Bee A hive of bees, as I've heard say, 54201
118: The Judge's Song. When I, good friends, was called to the Bar, 40207
119: The King Of Canoodle-Dum. The story of Frederick Gowler, 112227
120: The Lord Chancellor's Song. The law is the true embodiment 30191
121: The Love-Sick Boy. When first my old, old love I knew, 16186
122: The Magnet And The Churn. A magnet hung in a hardware shop, 28242
123: The Martinet. Some time ago, in simple verse 100173
124: The Merryman And His Maid I have a song to sing, O! 64201
125: The Mighty Must Come mighty Must! Inevitable Shall! 24204
126: The Modern Major-General. I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral. 36159
127: The Modest Couple When man and maiden meet, I like to see a drooping eye, 68193
128: The Mystic Selvagee. Perhaps already you may know 110162
129: The National Anthem A monarch is pestered with cares, 32178
130: The Pantomime "Super" To His Mask Vast empty shell! Impertinent, preposterous abortion! 45173
131: The Perils Of Invisibility. Old Peter led a wretched life 92164
132: The Periwinkle Girl I've often thought that headstrong youths 84153
133: The Phantom Curate. A Fable A BISHOP once I will not name his see 60490
134: The Philosophic Pill. I've wisdom from the East and from the West, 16182
135: The Played-Out Humorist Quixotic is his enterprise, and hopeless his adventure is, 33174
136: The Policeman's Lot. When a felon's not engaged in his employment 16165
137: The Practical Joker Oh what a fund of joy jocund lies hid in harmless hoaxes! 50169
138: The Precocious Baby. A Very True Tale An elderly person a prophet by trade 86198
139: The Reverend Micah Sowls The REVEREND MICAH SOWLS, 76196
140: The Reverend Simon Magus. A rich advowson, highly prized, 96168
141: The Reward Of Merit. Dr. Belville was regarded as the Crichton of his age: 36204
142: The Rival Curates List while the poet trolls 92168
143: The Rover's Apology. Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray; 24195
144: The Sailor Boy To His Lass. I go away this blessed day, 104167
145: The Sensation Captain No nobler captain ever trod 104168
146: The Sorcerer's Song. Oh! my name is John Wellington Wells 79204
147: The Story Of Prince Agib Strike the concertina's melancholy string! 85165
148: The Suicide's Grave. On a tree by the river a little tomtit 24199
149: The Susceptible Chancellor The law is the true embodiment 30205
150: The Tangled Skein. Try we life long, we can never 20198
151: The Terrible Tale. Tis now some thirty-seven years ago 60182
152: The Three Kings Of Chickeraboo There were three niggers of Chickeraboo 72162
153: The Troubadour A troubadour he played 88198
154: The Two Majors. An excellent soldier who's worthy the name 84170
155: The Two Ogres Good children, list, if you're inclined, 100180
156: The Usher's Charge. Now, Jurymen, hear my advice 18201
157: The Way Of Wooing. A maiden sat at her window wide, 48177
158: The Working Monarch. Rising early in the morning, 62209
159: The Yarn Of The "Nancy Bell" Twas on the shores that round our coast 92179
160: The Ęsthete. If you're anxious for to shine in the high ęsthetic line, as a man of culture rare, 24181
161: They'll None Of 'Em Be Missed. As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, 30160
162: Thomas Winterbottom Hance In all the towns and cities fair 88186
163: Thomson Green And Harriet Hale Oh list to this incredible tale 64165
164: To A Little Maid By A Policeman Come with me, little maid, 27190
165: To My Bride (Whoever She May Be) Oh! little maid! (I do not know your name 42205
166: To Phoebe Gentle, modest little flower, 16175
167: To The Terrestrial Globe. By A Miserable Wretch Roll on, thou ball, roll on! 19160
168: True Diffidence. My boy, you may take it from me, 30173
169: When A Merry Maiden Marries. When a merry maiden marries, 32203
170: When I First Put This Uniform On. When I first put this uniform on, 24175
171: Willow Waly! Prithee, pretty maiden prithee, tell me true 32197
172: Would You Know? Would you know the kind of maid 24221




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