| 50 Bab Ballads, vol 1: Large Print Contributor(s): Gilbert, W. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798573205045 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry - Humor |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.52 lbs) 92 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: ...mated Ballad: TO MY BRIDE--(WHOEVER SHE MAY BE.)Oh little maid --(I do not know your nameOr who you are, so, as a safe precautionI'll add)--Oh, buxom widow married dame (As one of these must be your present portion)Listen, while I unveil prophetic lore for you, And sing the fate that Fortune has in store for you.You'll marry soon--within a year or twain -A bachelor of circa two and thirty: Tall, gentlemanly, but extremely plain, And when you're intimate, you'll call him "BERTIE."Neat--dresses well; his temper has been classifiedAs hasty; but he's very quickly pacified.You'll find him working mildly at the Bar, After a touch at two or three professions, From easy affluence extremely far, A brief or two on Circuit--"soup" at Sessions;A pound or two from whist and backing horses, And, say three hundred from his own resources.Quiet in harness; free from serious vice, His faults are not particu |
