Who is William Cosmo Monkhouse
William Cosmo Monkhouse (18 March 1840 – 20 July 1901) was a British poet and critic.Biography Monkhouse was born and raised in London. His father, Cyril John Monkhouse, was a solicitor, and his mother's maiden name was Delafosse. Monkhouse was educated at St Paul's School, stopped his schooling at the age of seventeen to enter the board of trade as a junior supplementary clerk, from which grade he rose eventually to be the assistant-secretary to the finance department of the office. In 1870–71 he visited South America in connection with the hospital accommodation for seamen at Valparaíso, Chile, and other ports; he served on different departmental committees, notably that of 1894–96 on the Mercantile Marine Fund. Monkhouse was twice married: fi...
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William Cosmo Monkhouse Poems
- There Once Was An Old Monk Of Basing
There once was an old monk of Basing,
Whose salads were something amazing;
But he told his confessor
That Nebuchadnezzar ... - The Christ Upon The Hill
Part I.
A couple old sat o'er the fire,
And they were bent and gray; ... - There Was A Young Lady Of Wilts
There was a young lady of Wilts,
Who walked up to Scotland on stilts;
When they said it was shocking
To show so much stocking ... - Limerick: There Was A Young Lady Of Niger
There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside, ... - Spring Song In The City
WHO remains in London,
In the streets with me,
Now that Spring is blowing
Warm winds from the sea; ...
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Comments about William Cosmo Monkhouse
- Agali_gcfr: there was a young lady of niger who smiled as she rode on a tiger; they returned from the ride with the lady inside, and the smile on the face of the tiger. (c) william cosmo monkhouse 04/01/2017
- Wepatters: there was a young lady of niger who smiled as she rode on a tiger; they returned from the ride with the lady inside, and the smile on the face of the tiger. —attributed to edward lear and william cosmo monkhouse
- Flusteredduck: a dead march by william cosmo monkhouse
- Northtrenton: happy birthday to christian friedrich hebbel (d. 1864), jacob bunn (d. 1897), antoine chanzy (d. 1883), randal cremer (d. 1908), grover cleveland (d. 1908), william cosmo monkhouse (d. 1901), stephane mallarme (d. 1898) and nikolai rimsky-korsakov (d. 1908).
- Book_addict: happy birthday to english writer and poet william cosmo monkhouse (march 18, 1840), author of the 1868 novel "a question of honour" et al.
