Portly and Miscellany Poem on Rest and Death
Poem reflects on ceasing effort and accepting peaceful death. It counsels leaving behind moans and fears as rest approaches. The speaker envisions the grave as a welcome guest where a weary life ends in quiet repose. The verse emphasizes final quiet and a safe home after toil.
A Strange Compact Loses Its Grip In Fogbound London
A physician leads a weary night in a fogbound London as a mysterious visitor, claiming a pact with the Devil, seeks help for a midnight death. The surgeon drugs him to delay the fatal hour, the man survives four o'clock, and gratitude redraws two fates into a shared future.
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Mostyn
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The Jokers Budget A Row Of Comic Snippets
A collage of humorous exchanges and sketches from a late 19th or early 20th century page. Jokes about bells on typewriters, domestic squabbles, humorous misunderstandings, and short dialogue gags feature characters like Miss Giddy Mrs Brows and Starving the poet with brisk punchlines.
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