Tag Archive for: ballad
Ballad Of Aladdin’s Lamp
DreamsBallad of Aladdin's Lamp
5052
Aladdin was a lucky man,
The genii wrought, at his behest,
According to this simple plan:
He rubbed the lamp, they did the rest
But you should be as greatly blessed -
Your magic lamp, unrubbéd still,
Lies…
A Maudle-In Ballad
Love and RomanceA MAUDLE-IN BALLAD
3563
My lank limp lily, my long lithe lily,
My languid lily-love fragile and thin,
With dank leaves dangling and flower-flap chilly,
That shines like the shin of a Highland gilly; skin!
Mottled and moist as a cold toad's…
Ballad Of Our Cooks
Food, Drink, and TraditionsBallad of Our Cooks
11
Selenn's specially was brooms
And scrubbing and adjusting
Daily she cycloned thrpugh the rooms
Industriously dusting
With her the ice-box door staid shut
And milk staid sweet -sie uemper;
We realy loved Selena, but
We…
The Ballad Of Any Old Thing
BeautyThe Ballad of Any Old Thing
5276
Old Chippendale and Sheraton,
Old Delft and willow-pattern ware,
Point-lace and ancient Honiton,
And grandsire's clock upon the stair,
A Watteau fan that waved in air
As Beauty's shield and sceptre, too,…