William Makepeace Thackeray Poems

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21.
Little Billee

Air--"il y avait un petit navire."

There were three sailors of Bristol city
Who took a boat and went to sea.
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22.
A Doe In The City

Little KITTY LORIMER,
Fair, and young, and witty,
What has brought your ladyship
Rambling to the City?
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Come all ye Christian people, unto my tale give ear,
'Tis about a base consperracy, as quickly shall appear;
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24.
Jolly Jack

When fierce political debate
Throughout the isle was storming,
And Rads attacked the throne and state,
And Tories the reforming,
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25.
A Credo

I.

For the sole edification
Of this decent congregation,
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26.
Jacob Homnium’s Hoss

One sees in Viteall Yard,
Vere pleacemen do resort,
A wenerable hinstitute,
'Tis call'd the Pallis Court.
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27.
Commanders Of The Faithful

The Pope he is a happy man,
His Palace is the Vatican,
And there he sits and drains his can:
The Pope he is a happy man.
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28.
Ad Ministram

Dear Lucy, you know what my wish is, -
I hate all your Frenchified fuss:
Your silly entrées and made dishes
Were never intended for us.
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29.
Friar’s Song

Some love the matin-chimes, which tell
The hour of prayer to sinner:
But better far's the mid-day bell,
Which speaks the hour of dinner;
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30.
The Crystal Palace

With ganial foire
Thransfuse me loyre,
Ye sacred nympths of Pindus,
The whoile I sing
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