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William Schwenck Gilbert
18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911
Poetry Listing
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| | Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads | | 1: | A Classical Revival | At the outset I may mention it's my sovereign intention | | 60 | 488 | | 2: | A Discontented Sugar Broker | A GENTLEMAN of City fame | | 120 | 437 | | 3: | A Man Who Would Woo A Fair Maid | A man who would woo a fair maid, | | 45 | 601 | | 4: | A Manager's Perplexities | Were I a king in very truth, | | 31 | 454 | | 5: | A Merry Madrigal. | Brightly dawns our wedding day; | | 24 | 489 | | 6: | A Mirage. | Were I thy bride, Then the whole world beside | | 40 | 499 | | 7: | A Nightmare | When you're lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is taboo'd by anxiety, | | 32 | 505 | | 8: | A Recipe. | Take a pair of sparkling eyes, | | 28 | 519 | | 9: | A Worm Will Turn | I love a man who'll smile and joke | | 85 | 520 | | 10: | Ah Me! | When maiden loves, she sits and sighs, | | 20 | 519 | | 11: | An Appeal. | Oh, is there not one maiden breast | | 16 | 459 | | 12: | An English Girl | A wonderful joy our eyes to bless, | | 48 | 611 | | 13: | An Unfortunate Likeness. | I've painted Shakespeare all my life | | 100 | 515 | | 14: | Anglicised Utopia | Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses, | | 48 | 522 | | 15: | Annie Protheroe. A Legend Of Stratford-Le-Bow. | Oh! listen to the tale of little Annie Protheroe. | | 86 | 502 | | 16: | At A Pantomime. By A Bilious One | An Actor sits in doubtful gloom, | | 68 | 471 | | 17: | At A Pantomime. By A Bilious One. | An Actor sits in doubtful gloom, | | 68 | 459 | | 18: | Babette's Love | BABETTE she was a fisher gal, | | 84 | 528 | | 19: | Baines Carew, Gentleman | Of all the good attorneys who | | 92 | 499 | | 20: | Ben Allah Achmet; Or, The Fatal Tum | I once did know a Turkish man | | 80 | 447 | | 21: | Blue Blood | Spurn not the nobly born | | 26 | 425 | | 22: | Bob Polter | Bob Polter was a navvy, and | | 100 | 459 | | 23: | Braid The Raven Hair. | Braid the raven hair, Weave the supple tress, | | 20 | 506 | | 24: | Brave Alum Bey | Oh, big was the bosom of brave ALUM BEY, | | 96 | 482 | | 25: | Captain Reece | Of all the ships upon the blue, | | 92 | 416 | | 26: | Damon v. Pythias | Two better friends you wouldn't pass | | 80 | 469 | | 27: | Disillusioned By An Ex-Enthusiast | Oh, that my soul its gods could see | | 54 | 495 | | 28: | Don't Forget. | Now, Marco dear, My wishes hear: | | 56 | 455 | | 29: | Eheu Fugaces! | The air is charged with amatory numbers | | 20 | 439 | | 30: | Ellen McJones Aberdeen | MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS McCLAN | | 84 | 505 | | 31: | Emily, John, James, And I. A Derby Legend. | Emily Jane was a nursery maid, | | 81 | 423 | | 32: | Etiquette. {1} | The Ballyshannon foundered off the coast of Cariboo, | | 88 | 401 | | 33: | Ferdinando And Elvira; Or, The Gentle Pieman | At a pleasant evening party I had taken down to supper | | 64 | 418 | | 34: | First Love | A clergyman in Berkshire dwelt, | | 108 | 430 | | 35: | General John | The bravest names for fire and flames | | 52 | 494 | | 36: | Gentle Alice Brown | It was a robber's daughter, and her name was Alice Brown; | | 72 | 418 | | 37: | Girl Graduates. | They intend to send a wire To the moon; | | 40 | 406 | | 38: | Good Little Girls | Although of native maids the cream, | | 40 | 479 | | 39: | Gregory Parable, LL.D. | A leafy cot, where no dry rot | | 118 | 417 | | 40: | Haunted | Haunted? Ay, in a social way | | 64 | 445 | | 41: | Haunted. | Haunted? Ay, in a social way | | 64 | 503 | | 42: | He And She. | I know a youth who loves a little maid | | 41 | 409 | | 43: | He Loves! | He loves! If in the bygone years | | 16 | 424 | | 44: | Her Terms | My wedded life Must every pleasure bring | | 50 | 464 | | 45: | Hongree And Mahry. A Recollection Of A Surrey Melodrama. | The sun was setting in its wonted west, | | 110 | 418 | | 46: | How It's Done | Bold-faced ranger (Perfect stranger) | | 66 | 466 | | 47: | Is Life A Boon? | Is life a boon? If so? it must befal | | 22 | 495 | | 48: | Joe Golightly Or, The First Lord's Daughter | A tar, but poorly prized, | | 99 | 424 | | 49: | John And Freddy | JOHN courted lovely MARY ANN, | | 56 | 503 | | 50: | King Borria Bungalee Boo | King Borria Bungalee Boo | | 105 | 455 | | 51: | King Goodheart. | There lived a King, as I've been told, | | 48 | 506 | | 52: | Lieutenant-Colonel Flare | The earth has armies plenty, | | 96 | 484 | | 53: | Life | First you're born - and I'll be bound you | | 66 | 493 | | 54: | Life Is Lovely All The Year | When the buds are blossoming, | | 34 | 434 | | 55: | Limited Liability | Some seven men form an Association | | 42 | 442 | | 56: | Little Oliver | Earl Joyce he was a kind old party | | 107 | 469 | | 57: | Lorenzo De Lardy | DALILAH DE DARDY adored | | 80 | 544 | | 58: | Lost Mr. Blake. | Mr. Blake was a regular out-and-out hardened sinner, | | 60 | 576 | | 59: | Mister William. | Oh, listen to the tale of Mister William, if you please, | | 88 | 561 | | 60: | My Dream. | The other night, from cares exempt, | | 92 | 471 | | 61: | My Lady | Bedecked in fashion trim, | | 28 | 502 | | 62: | Old Paul And Old Tim | When rival adorers come courting a maid, | | 64 | 428 | | 63: | One Against The World | It's my opinion - though I own | | 36 | 469 | | 64: | Only A Dancing Girl | Only a dancing girl, With an unromantic style, | | 42 | 446 | | 65: | Only Roses! | To a garden full of posies | | 20 | 410 | | 66: | Out Of Sorts | When you find you're a broken-down critter, | | 36 | 410 | | 67: | Pasha Bailey Ben | A proud Pasha was BAILEY BEN, | | 104 | 466 | | 68: | Peter The Wag | Policeman PETER forth I drag | | 96 | 456 | | 69: | Phrenology. | Come, collar this bad man | | 88 | 432 | | 70: | Poetry Everywhere | What time the poet hath hymned | | 18 | 445 | | 71: | Proper Pride. | The Sun, whose rays Are all ablaze | | 32 | 530 | | 72: | Put A Penny In The Slot | If my action's stiff and crude, | | 30 | 417 | | 73: | Said I To Myself, Said I. | When I went to the Bar as a very young man, | | 32 | 456 | | 74: | Sans Souci | I cannot tell what this love may be | | 16 | 461 | | 75: | Sir Barnaby Bampton Boo | This is SIR BARNABY BAMPTON BOO, | | 72 | 483 | | 76: | Sir Guy The Crusader | Sir Guy was a doughty crusader, | | 65 | 477 | | 77: | Sir Macklin | Of all the youths I ever saw | | 68 | 407 | | 78: | Sleep On! | Fear no unlicensed entry, | | 24 | 430 | | 79: | Solatium | Comes the broken flower | | 20 | 402 | | 80: | Sorry Her Lot. | Sorry her lot who loves too well, | | 12 | 461 | | 81: | Speculation. | Comes a train of little ladies | | 16 | 472 | | 82: | Tempora Mutantur | Letters, letters, letters, letters! | | 53 | 425 | | 83: | The Aesthete | If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line, as a man of culture rare, | | 24 | 687 | | 84: | The Ape And The Lady. | A lady fair, of lineage high, | | 33 | 459 | | 85: | The Baby's Vengeance. | Weary at heart and extremely ill | | 102 | 425 | | 86: | The Baffled Grumbler. | Whene'er I poke Sarcastic joke | | 48 | 459 | | 87: | The Bishop And The 'Busman | It was a Bishop bold, | | 76 | 497 | | 88: | The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo | From east and south the holy clan | | 96 | 501 | | 89: | The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo Again. | I often wonder whether you | | 88 | 456 | | 90: | The British Tar. | A British tar is a soaring soul, | | 16 | 434 | | 91: | The Bumboat Woman's Story. | I'm old, my dears, and shrivelled with age, and work, and grief, | | 76 | 451 | | 92: | The Captain And The Mermaids. | I sing a legend of the sea, | | 108 | 482 | | 93: | The Coming Bye And Bye. | Sad is that woman's lot who, year by year, | | 24 | 458 | | 94: | The Contemplative Sentry. | When all night long a chap remains | | 30 | 441 | | 95: | The Cunning Woman | On all Arcadia's sunny plain, | | 104 | 494 | | 96: | The Darned Mounseer. | I shipped, d'ye see, in a Revenue sloop, | | 42 | 460 | | 97: | The Disagreeable Man. | If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: | | 27 | 471 | | 98: | The Disconcerted Tenor | A tenor, all singers above | | 32 | 480 | | 99: | The Duke And The Duchess | Small titles and orders | | 65 | 485 | | 100: | The Duke Of Plaza-Toro. | In enterprise of martial kind, | | 54 | 472 | | 101: | The Englishman. | He is an Englishman! | | 12 | 438 | | 102: | The Fairy Curate. | Once a fairy Light and airy Married with a mortal; | | 156 | 474 | | 103: | The Fairy Queen's Song | Oh, foolish fay, Think you because | | 34 | 468 | | 104: | The Family Fool. | Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, | | 65 | 445 | | 105: | The Fickle Breeze | Sighing softly to the river | | 24 | 476 | | 106: | The First Lord's Song. | When I was a lad I served a term | | 36 | 513 | | 107: | The Folly Of Brown By A General Agent | I knew a boor a clownish card | | 80 | 497 | | 108: | The Force Of Argument | Lord B. was a nobleman bold | | 84 | 406 | | 109: | The Ghost, The Gallant, The Gael, And The Goblin | O'er unreclaimed suburban clays | | 96 | 432 | | 110: | The Ghosts' High Noon | When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls, and the bat in the moonlight flies, | | 12 | 419 | | 111: | The Great Oak Tree | There grew a little flower | | 36 | 422 | | 112: | The Haughty Actor. | An actor Gibbs, of Drury Lane | | 117 | 415 | | 113: | The Heavy Dragoon. | If you want a receipt for that popular mystery | | 40 | 364 | | 114: | The Highly Respectable Gondolier. | I stole the Prince, and I brought him here, | | 44 | 394 | | 115: | The House Of Peers. | When Britain really ruled the waves | | 21 | 455 | | 116: | The Humane Mikado. | A more humane Mikado never | | 74 | 514 | | 117: | The Independent Bee | A hive of bees, as I've heard say, | | 54 | 474 | | 118: | The Judge's Song. | When I, good friends, was called to the Bar, | | 40 | 523 | | 119: | The King Of Canoodle-Dum. | The story of Frederick Gowler, | | 112 | 445 | | 120: | The Lord Chancellor's Song. | The law is the true embodiment | | 30 | 442 | | 121: | The Love-Sick Boy. | When first my old, old love I knew, | | 16 | 379 | | 122: | The Magnet And The Churn. | A magnet hung in a hardware shop, | | 28 | 473 | | 123: | The Martinet. | Some time ago, in simple verse | | 100 | 399 | | 124: | The Merryman And His Maid | I have a song to sing, O! | | 64 | 437 | | 125: | The Mighty Must | Come mighty Must! Inevitable Shall! | | 24 | 423 | | 126: | The Modern Major-General. | I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral. | | 36 | 403 | | 127: | The Modest Couple | When man and maiden meet, I like to see a drooping eye, | | 68 | 430 | | 128: | The Mystic Selvagee. | Perhaps already you may know | | 110 | 406 | | 129: | The National Anthem | A monarch is pestered with cares, | | 32 | 409 | | 130: | The Pantomime "Super" To His Mask | Vast empty shell! Impertinent, preposterous abortion! | | 45 | 409 | | 131: | The Perils Of Invisibility. | Old Peter led a wretched life | | 92 | 362 | | 132: | The Periwinkle Girl | I've often thought that headstrong youths | | 84 | 403 | | 133: | The Phantom Curate. A Fable | A BISHOP once I will not name his see | | 60 | 927 | | 134: | The Philosophic Pill. | I've wisdom from the East and from the West, | | 16 | 471 | | 135: | The Played-Out Humorist | Quixotic is his enterprise, and hopeless his adventure is, | | 33 | 412 | | 136: | The Policeman's Lot. | When a felon's not engaged in his employment | | 16 | 411 | | 137: | The Practical Joker | Oh what a fund of joy jocund lies hid in harmless hoaxes! | | 50 | 387 | | 138: | The Precocious Baby. A Very True Tale | An elderly person a prophet by trade | | 86 | 450 | | 139: | The Reverend Micah Sowls | The REVEREND MICAH SOWLS, | | 76 | 440 | | 140: | The Reverend Simon Magus. | A rich advowson, highly prized, | | 96 | 423 | | 141: | The Reward Of Merit. | Dr. Belville was regarded as the Crichton of his age: | | 36 | 432 | | 142: | The Rival Curates | List while the poet trolls | | 92 | 392 | | 143: | The Rover's Apology. | Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray; | | 24 | 427 | | 144: | The Sailor Boy To His Lass. | I go away this blessed day, | | 104 | 532 | | 145: | The Sensation Captain | No nobler captain ever trod | | 104 | 405 | | 146: | The Sorcerer's Song. | Oh! my name is John Wellington Wells | | 79 | 426 | | 147: | The Story Of Prince Agib | Strike the concertina's melancholy string! | | 85 | 390 | | 148: | The Suicide's Grave. | On a tree by the river a little tomtit | | 24 | 437 | | 149: | The Susceptible Chancellor | The law is the true embodiment | | 30 | 421 | | 150: | The Tangled Skein. | Try we life long, we can never | | 20 | 518 | | 151: | The Terrible Tale. | Tis now some thirty-seven years ago | | 60 | 374 | | 152: | The Three Kings Of Chickeraboo | There were three niggers of Chickeraboo | | 72 | 413 | | 153: | The Troubadour | A troubadour he played | | 88 | 461 | | 154: | The Two Majors. | An excellent soldier who's worthy the name | | 84 | 398 | | 155: | The Two Ogres | Good children, list, if you're inclined, | | 100 | 392 | | 156: | The Usher's Charge. | Now, Jurymen, hear my advice | | 18 | 442 | | 157: | The Way Of Wooing. | A maiden sat at her window wide, | | 48 | 463 | | 158: | The Working Monarch. | Rising early in the morning, | | 62 | 466 | | 159: | The Yarn Of The "Nancy Bell" | Twas on the shores that round our coast | | 92 | 421 | | 160: | The Æsthete. | If you're anxious for to shine in the high æsthetic line, as a man of culture rare, | | 24 | 436 | | 161: | They'll None Of 'Em Be Missed. | As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, | | 30 | 551 | | 162: | Thomas Winterbottom Hance | In all the towns and cities fair | | 88 | 401 | | 163: | Thomson Green And Harriet Hale | Oh list to this incredible tale | | 64 | 397 | | 164: | To A Little Maid By A Policeman | Come with me, little maid, | | 27 | 449 | | 165: | To My Bride (Whoever She May Be) | Oh! little maid! (I do not know your name | | 42 | 427 | | 166: | To Phoebe | Gentle, modest little flower, | | 16 | 444 | | 167: | To The Terrestrial Globe. By A Miserable Wretch | Roll on, thou ball, roll on! | | 19 | 385 | | 168: | True Diffidence. | My boy, you may take it from me, | | 30 | 411 | | 169: | When A Merry Maiden Marries. | When a merry maiden marries, | | 32 | 435 | | 170: | When I First Put This Uniform On. | When I first put this uniform on, | | 24 | 407 | | 171: | Willow Waly! | Prithee, pretty maiden prithee, tell me true | | 32 | 416 | | 172: | Would You Know? | Would you know the kind of maid | | 24 | 496 |
About:
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. These, as well as most of their other Savoy operas, continue to be performed regularly throughout the English-speaking world and beyond by opera companies, repertory companies, schools and community theatre groups. Lines from these works have become part of the English language, such as "short, sharp shock", "What, never? Well, hardly ever!", and "Let the punishment fit the crime".
Gilbert also wrote the Bab Ballads, an extensive collection of light verse accompanied by his own comical drawings. His creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, numerous stories, poems, lyrics and various other comic and serious pieces. His plays and realistic style of stage direction inspired other dramatists, including Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. According to The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Gilbert's "lyrical facility and his mastery of metre raised the poetical quality of comic opera to a position that it had never reached before and has not reached since".
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