Samuel Butler Long Poems

  • 1.
    For his religion it was fit
    To match his learning and his wit:
    'Twas Presbyterian true blue;
    For he was of that stubborn crew
    ...
  • 2.
    THE ARGUMENT

    The scatter'd rout return and rally,
    Surround the place; the Knight does sally,
    ...
  • 3.
    THE ARGUMENT

    Sir Hudibras his passing worth,
    The manner how he sallied forth;
    ...
  • 4.
    THE ARGUMENT

    The Knight by damnable Magician,
    Being cast illegally in prison,
    ...
  • 5.
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    She was too kind, wooed too persistently,
    Wrote moving letters to me day by day;
    The more she wrote, the more unmoved was I,
    ...
  • 6.
    THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIRST CANTOSir Hudibras his passing worth,
    The manner how he sallied forth;
    His arms and equipage are shown;
    His horse's virtues, and his own.
    ...
Total 6 Long Poems by Samuel Butler

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 by Edgar Albert Guest

We're hiking along at a two-forty pace
We 're making life seem like a man-killing race,
With our nerves all on edge and our jaws firmly set
We go rushing along; with our brows lined with sweat
And our cheeks pale and drawn every minute we dash,
And the goal that we 're after is merely more cash.

We 're out for the money, the greenbacks and gold,
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