Silly Verses: Selections From Shores, Carroll, Lear, and Gilbert

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Sprache: English

Genres: Anthologien Poesie

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1/4Robert J. Shores: Gay Gods and Merry Mortals: Humorous Verses About Actaeon, Adonis, Proserpina, Anaxarete, Penelope, Sappho, Syrinix, Tithonus, Ariadne, Io, Dido, And Daphne

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1. Robert J. Shores: Gay Gods and Merry Mortals: Humorous Verses About Actaeon, Adonis, Proserpina, Anaxarete, Penelope, Sappho, Syrinix, Tithonus, Ariadne, Io, Dido, And Daphne
2. Lewis Carroll: Father William; The Hunting Of The Snark; Jabberwocky; Ways And Means; Humpty Dumpty’s Recitation; Some Hallucinations; The Walrus And The Carpenter
3. Edward Lear: The Ahkond Of Swat; The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo; The Jumbles; The Pobble Who Has No Toes; The New Vestments; The Two Old Bachelors; The Owl And The Pussy-Cat
4. W S Gilbert: The Played-Out Humorist; The Practical Joker; To Phoebe; To The Terrestrial Globe; Etiquette; The Mighty Must; The Yarn Of The ‘Nancy Bell’; Ferdinando And Elvira; Gentle Alice Brown; The Story Of Prince Agib; Sir Guy The Crusader; Sing For The Garish Eye

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Silly and fun verses beginning with the lesser known Robert J. Shores and going on to the more known Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and W.S. Gilbert. - Summary by David Wales