William Cosmo Monkhouse Poems

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11.
There Was A Young Lady Of Wilts

There was a young lady of Wilts,
Who walked up to Scotland on stilts;
When they said it was shocking
To show so much stocking
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12.
There Once Was An Old Monk Of Basing

There once was an old monk of Basing,
Whose salads were something amazing;
But he told his confessor
That Nebuchadnezzar
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13.
Spring Song In The City

WHO remains in London,
In the streets with me,
Now that Spring is blowing
Warm winds from the sea;
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14.
The Dream Of The World Without Death

NOW, sitting by her side, worn out with weeping,
Behold, I fell to sleep, and had a vision,
Wherein I heard a wondrous Voice intoning:
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15.
The Christ Upon The Hill

Part I.

A couple old sat o'er the fire,
And they were bent and gray;
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16.
There Once Was A Girl Of Lahore

There once was a girl of Lahore,
The same shape behind as before;
As no one knew where
To offer a chair,
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17.
On A Young Poetess’s Grave

UNDER her gentle seeing,
In her delicate little hand,
They placed the Book of Being,
To read and understand.
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18.
The Summer Pool

THERE is a singing in the summer air,
The blue and brown moths flutter o’er the grass,
The stubble bird is creaking in the wheat,
And perch’d upon the honeysuckle-hedge
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19.
Limerick: There Was A Young Lady Of Wilts

There was a young lady of Wilts,
Who walked up to Scotland on stilts;
When they said it was shocking
To show so much stocking
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20.
Song

WHO calls me bold because I won my love,
And did not pine,
And waste my life with secret pain, but strove
To make him mine?
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