The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,-- In sooth a goodly company; And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee. Never, I ween, Was a prouder seen, Read of in books or dreamt of in dreams, Than the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims.Collection: Dream
I was between A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy, A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen.Collection: Boys
Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing. So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.Collection: Long
Tis not her coldness, father, That chills my labouring breast; It's that confounded cucumber I've ate and can't digest.Collection: Father