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The Ingoldsby Lyrics

By Thomas Ingoldsby [i.e. R. H. Barham]

Ingoldsby, Thomas (1788-1845)

POLITICAL SKITS, PARODIES, Etc.

OCCASIONAL PIECES.

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SONGS, EPIGRAMS, Etc.

The Lord Warenne.

On the Death of a Daughter.

The Demolished Farce,

Epitaph on Myself

Martial, Lib. 12, Epig. 94.

Extempore Translation

On the Windows of King's College Remaining Boarded.

An Archæological Hint to the Curators of Canterbury Cathedral.

Epigram on a Dull Book.

FAMILIAR EPISTLES.

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Epigram on a Dull Book.

For turning grave things to farce Prior asserts
That a ladle once stuck in an old woman's skirts.
My Muse then may surely esteem it a boon
If in hers there sticks only—a bit of a spoon.