Dagonet Ditties

by George R. Sims

89 chapters3h 13mEnglish1891

About this book

George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, prolific in his output and known for his satire and humor. These qualities are reflected in this collection small poems originally published in the literary magazine, “The Referee.” - Summary by Larry Wilson

Chapters (89)

1London Day by Day

187

2For E'er and Hair

176

3A Domestic Tragedy

134

4The Pick-Me-Up

134

5Ad Cor Meum

6Ichabod

7A Derby Ditty

179

8Shall We Remember?

131

9Paradise and the Sinner

193

10The Income Tax

11Nonsense

170

12Le Mardi Gras

103

13Two Sundays

108

14The Mails Aboard

240

15At the Photographer's

185

16In Gay Japan

152

17The Balaclava Heroes

18A Child's Idea

151

19Sanitation at Sea

101

20Guignol

21The English Summer

22A Perfect Paradise

142

23That Breeze

117

24Ballad of Old-Time Fogs

124

25Under the Clock

116

26The Girl of Forty-Seven

27Conventional Malgre Lui

164

28Home, Sweet Home

105

29In Portland Place

106

30The Shirt Buttons

31The Londoner to His Love

123

32The Eiffel Bonnet

33To a Fair Musician

123

34A Word for the Police

35The Old Clock on the Stairs

136

36My Ambition

102

37A Wish

38The Song of Heredity

39Scotch'd, Not Kilt

40The Last Resource

108

41Ye Bars and Gates

42Portrait of a Prince

43The Strong Men

158

44A Ballad of Soap

112

45The Jokeleteer

46Bill Sikes's Protest

121

47The Clarinet

48No Evening Dress

49Alone in London

50The Volunteer

120

51Those Boots

52A Sunday Song

106

53Up the Rigi

54A Plea for Mercy

118

55If You Were Here

116

56Le Brav' General

57The Paris Exhibition

58The New Legend

119

59Mild December

164

60The Last Duke

164

61To the Fog

62The Reminiscences of Mr. John Dobbs

203

63Pickpocket Poems

161

64The Cigarette

65The Early Milk-Cart

178

66The Collaborators

194

67The Wen Cure

160

68That New-Born Babe

180

69The Button

157

70A Façon de Parler

71Jackson

170

72Another Danger

160

73After the Act

231

74The Rigadoon

246

75How to Write a Novel

219

76The German Gym

215

77Tottie

116

78The Welshman in London

105

79The Magistrate

138

80The Imperial Institute

81The Plan of Campaign

124

82The People's Palace

158

83A Charade

223

84A True Story

85The Pirate 'Bus

186

86The War-Cry

87The ''Lancet''

332

88A Tale of a Tub

120

89The Comic King

119

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