Carols of Cockayne The Third Edition, 1874
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Carols of Cockayne The Third Edition, 1874

By Henry S. Leigh
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  • CAROLS OF COCKAYNE.
  • With Illustrations By Alfred Concanen.
    • The Third Edition.
      • 1874.
    • 1874.
    • TO
    • TOM HOOD, ESQUIRE
    • THESE VERSES ARE DEDICATED
    • BY
    • HIS FRIEND AND WORKFELLOW,
    • THE AUTHOR.
  • PREFACE.
    • H. S. L.
  • CAROLS OF COCKAYNE.
  • THE TWINS.
  • UN PAS QUI COÛTE.
  • THE GIFT OF THE GAB.
    • A LECTURE ON ELOCUTION.
  • BEHIND THE SCENES.
  • "WITH MUSICAL SOCIETY."
  • THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
  • THE OLYMPIC BALL.
  • THE TWO AGES.
  • STANZAS TO AN INTOXICATED FLY.
  • CHIVALRY FOR THE CRADLE.
    • NO. I—THE ROMAUNT OF HUMPTY-DUMPTY.
    • NO. 2.—A LEGEND OF BANBURY-CROSS.
  • CLUMSY SERVANT.
  • A NURSERY LEGEND.
  • AN ALLEGORY.
    • WRITTEN IN DEEP DEJECTION.
  • OVER THE WATER.
  • AN UNAPPRECIATED CRICHTON.
  • ONLY SEVEN.
    • A PASTORAL STORY, AFTER WORDSWORTH.
    • POSTSCRIPT.
  • SEE-SAW.
  • A WILD HUNT.
  • A VERY COMMON CHILD.
  • CROOKED ANSWERS.
    • (Dedicated to the Laureate.)
    • NO. 1.—VERE DE VERE.
    • NO. 2.—MAUD.
  • A BEGGING LETTER.
  • A COCKNEY'S EVENING SONG.
  • ROMANTIC RECOLLECTIONS.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
  • THE MAD GRANDPAPA.
  • SHABBY-GENTEEL.
  • CUPID'S MAMMA.
  • THE CRUSADER'S FAREWELL.
  • LAYS OF MANY LANDS.
    • NO. I. COSSIMBAZAR.
    • NO. 2. SARAGOSSA.
    • NO. 3. CLARENS.
    • NO. 4. VENICE.
  • THE SEASONS.
  • BROKEN VOWS.
  • WHERE—AND OH! WHERE?
  • A FIT OF THE BLUES.
  • ROTTEN ROW.
  • A LAST RESOURCE.
  • WEATHERBOUND IN THE SUBURBS.
  • MIDAS.
  • TO A TIMID LEECH.
  • ANACREONTIC,
    • (For a Cavalier Tea-Party.)
    • A CHILD'S TWILIGHT.
    • CHILD.
    • MOTHER.
  • THE HOUSE ON THE TOP OF A HILL.
    • A Newgate Ballad.
  • MEN I DISLIKE.
  • NOT QUITE FAIR.
  • WISDOM AND WATER.
  • 'TWAS EVER THUS.
  • MY SONG.
  • BOW BELLS.
  • THE PLOT OF A ROMANCE.
  • THE SUBJECTS OF SONG.
  • AN OLD CYNIC
  • THE NIGHTINGALE.
  • TO MY BRAIN.
    • (A LAST APPEAL.)
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
  • WANTED, A SINGER.
  • ANTICIPATIONS.
  • THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.
  • THE OLD WAG.
    • Air-"Gee, ho, Dobbin!"
  • ETIQUETTE.
  • A PLAIN ANSWER
    • (TO A CIVIL QUESTION.)
  • IN A HUNDRED YEARS.
  • EVENING.
  • MY POLITICS.
  • THE MISERIES OF GENIUS.
  • A DAY FOR WISHING.
  • THE DILIGENCE DRIVER.
  • THE BALLAD OF THE BARYTONE,
  • SONGS OF THE SICK ROOM.
    • NO. 1. COD LIVER OIL.
    • NO. 2. NIGHT AND MORNING.
    • NO. 3. GENERAL DEBILITY.
  • THE COMPACT,
  • THE VISION OF THE ALDERMAN.
  • EVENING DRESS.
  • WINE.
    • A Scientific Drinking Song.
  • MY ULTIMATUM.
  • ALL ALONE,
    • A Lay of the Morte Saison,
  • "OH NIGHTS AND SUPPERS," ETC.
  • THE WEATHER.
  • "ON CORPULENCE."
  • THE MOONLIGHT SONATA.
    • (By a Musical Maniac.)
    • FIRST MOVEMENT.
    • SECOND MOVEMENT.
    • LAST MOVEMENT.
  • OCCASIONAL VERSES.
  • CHATEAUX D'ESPAGNE.
    • (A Reminiscence of "David Garrick" and "the Castle of Andalusia.")
  • TO A CERTAIN SOMEBODY.
    • (Dedicated to Miss E. Farren, late of the Olympic Theatre.)
  • THE LORD MAYOR'S APOTHEOSIS.
    • A Civic Ode.
  • THE END OF AN OLD YEAR,
    • "The Old Year lies a-dying,"
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