Poems about Humour

• Phantasmagoria CANTO VII ( Sad Souvenaunce )

  Then, as my tears could never bring
  The friendly Phantom back,

  by Lewis Carroll 51 lines
• The Cynotaph,

  Poor Tray charmant!
  Poor Tray de mon Ami!

  by Richard Harris Barham 187 lines
• The Hypnotist

  A man once read with mind surprised
  Of the way that people were "hypnotised";

  by A B Banjo Paterson 106 lines
• Oiling

  Excuse me, Sweetheart, if I smear,
  With wisdom learnt from ancient teachers,

  by Norman Rowland Gale 27 lines, 3 comments
• Wide Spaces

  When my last long-beer has vanished and the truth is left unsaid;
  When each sordid care is banished from my chair and from my bed,

  by Henry Lawson 18 lines
• Another Mouth To Feed

  We've got another mouth to feed,
  From out our little store;

  by Edgar Albert Guest 35 lines
• Behind The Bar-A Desecration Of Tennyson

  Gray eyes and gamboge hair!
    One barmaid of "The Crown"!

  by Harry Breaker Morant 16 lines
• The Gentle Hint

  The old man sat upon his swag his eyes were red and bleared.
  I doubt he’d had a wash for days or even combed his beard.

  by Edward Harrington 38 lines
• Three little birds in a row

  Three little birds in a row
  Sat musing.

  by Stephen Maria Crane 10 lines
• The River Scamander

  I'M now disposed to give a pretty tale;
  Love laughs at what I've sworn and will prevail;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 142 lines
• The V-A-S-E

  From the madding crowd they stand apart,
  The maidens four and the Work of Art;

  by James Jeffrey Roche 34 lines
• An Enthusiastic Sportsman Enthuses

  So now the Brands
  Seek other lands;

  by Harry Breaker Morant 36 lines
• Petrov and Kamarov

  Petrov: Hey, Kamarov, old chap!
  Let's catch a few of these gnats!

  by Daniil Ivanovich Kharms 4 lines
• The Rum Parade

  Now ye gallant Sydney boys, who have left your household joys
  To march across the sea in search of glory,

  by A B Banjo Paterson 33 lines, 1 comment
• The Devil Of Pope-Fig Island

  BY master Francis clearly 'tis expressed:
  The folks of Papimania are blessed;

  by Jean de La Fontaine 184 lines
• Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving

  Underneath protected branches, from the highway just aloof;
  Stands the house of Grand'ther Baldwin, with its gently sloping roof.

  by Horatio Alger Jr 72 lines
• Mungojerrie And Rumpelteazer

  Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were a very notorious couple
      of cats.

  by T S Eliot 61 lines, 2 comments
• A Woman's Way

  Women is strange. You take my tip; I'm wise.
  I know enough to know I'll never know

  by C J Dennis 102 lines
• A Change of Menu

  Now the new chum loaded his three-nought-three,
  It's a small-bore gun, but his hopes were big.

  by A B Banjo Paterson 42 lines
• The Lucky Horseshoe

  A farmer travelling with his load
  Picked up a horseshoe in the road,

  by James Thomas Fields 75 lines, 2 comments
• A Dream of the Melbourne Cup

  Bring me a quart of colonial beer
  And some doughy damper to make good cheer,

  by A B Banjo Paterson 103 lines, 2 comments
• When Dacey rode the Mule

  'Twas to a small, up-country town,
      When we were boys at school,

  by A B Banjo Paterson 65 lines
• Uncle Harry

  Oh, never let on to your own true love
  That ever you drank a drop;

  by Henry Lawson 40 lines
• Sonnet CLXXI: "I trust my love for thee may expiate"

  I trust my love for thee may expiate
  The many passions I have felt or feigned

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• A Beauty Hint

  Sweet, think how much the better it would be
    If you thro' life should thus preserve your beauty.

  by C J Dennis 30 lines
• The Song Of The Jellicles

  Jellicle Cats come out tonight,
  Jellicle Cats come one come all:

  by T S Eliot 40 lines
• Another Imitation Of Anacreon

  PRONE, on my couch I calmly slept
  Against my wont. A little child

  by Jean de La Fontaine 28 lines
• Hiawathas' photographing ( Part I )

  FROM his shoulder Hiawatha
  Took the camera of rosewood,

  by Lewis Carroll 24 lines
• The Merchant of Venice,: A Legend of Italy

  I believe there are few
  But have heard of a Jew,

  by Richard Harris Barham 434 lines
• Dr Fell ?

  I do not love thee, Dr Fell,
  The reason why I cannot tell;

  by Thomas Brown 4 lines, 1 comment

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