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THE MOTLEY MUSE
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
| RUTHLESS RHYMES FOR HEARTLESS HOMES BALLADS OF THE BOER WAR MISREPRESENTATIVE MEN FISCAL BALLADS VERSE AND WORSE MISREPRESENTATIVE WOMEN DEPORTMENTAL DITTIES CANNED CLASSICS THE BOLSTER BOOK LORD BELLINGER THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN A GROUP OF SCOTTISH WOMEN THE MOTHER OF PARLIAMENTS SPLENDID FAILURES |
THE MOTLEY MUSE
(RHYMES FOR THE TIMES)
BY
HARRY GRAHAM
AUTHOR OF 'RUTHLESS RHYMES FOR HEARTLESS HOMES'
ETC. ETC.
With Illustrations by
LEWIS BAUMER
Second Impression
NEW YORK
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD
1913
[All rights reserved]
TO
N. B.
WHO DESIGNED
THE COVER OF THIS BOOK
ITS CONTENTS
ARE
GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
NOTE
Many of the verses published in this volume have appeared in the pages of 'The Observer,' 'The Pall Mall Gazette,' and 'The Graphic,' and are here reprinted by kind permission.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| FOREWORD—THE WORLD WE LAUGH IN! | xi |
| RHYMES FOR THE TIMES | |
| 'WHAT'S IN A NAME?' | 1 |
| NOBODY'S DARLING! | 3 |
| ROSES ALL THE WAY | 6 |
| THE TRIUMPH OF JAM | 8 |
| EGREGIOUS EASTBOURNE | 10 |
| SARAH OWEN | 12 |
| THE LAST HORSED 'BUS | 15 |
| STAGE SUPPORT | 17 |
| SCRIBBLERS ALL! | 20 |
| THE LYONS CUBS | 22 |
| 'THE CRIES OF LONDON' | 25 |
| THE MODEL FARM | 27 |
| THE ADVENTURER | 29 |
| A PLEA FOR PONTO | 31 |
| THE 'WASTER' | 33 |
| THE CHOICE | 36 |
| ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF BOSTON SCHOOL | 38 |
| THE SPORTING SPIRIT | 40 |
| PERSPECTIVE | 43 |
| 'RAG-TIME' | 45 |
| 'THE PIPES' | 47 |
| MODERN DANCING | 49 |
| THE PUBLIC INTEREST | 52 |
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