"I like the lad who, when his father thought To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase Of vagrant worm by early song…"

"Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made."

"It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind) T…"

"And so these men of Hindustan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each…"

"Again I hear the creaking step! — He's rapping at the door! — Too well I know the boding sound That ushers in a bore."

"In vain I speak of urgent tasks; In vain I scowl and pout; A frown is no extinguisher — It does not put him out!"

"He takes the strangest liberties — But never takes his leave!"

"Young men! it 's a critical thing to go Exactly right with a lady in tow; But when you are in the proper track, Just …"

"Don't use strong drink, — pray let me advise, — It 's bad for the stomach, and ruins the eyes;"

"But blast the man, with curses loud and deep, Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station, Who first invented, and…"