Humor
Designed to provide in a series of volumes, each complete in itself, the cream of national humour, contributed by the masters of comic draughtsmanship and the leading wits of the age to "Punch," from its beginning in 1841 to the present day
_Gulf of Lyons, Friday._--The casual traveller on Continental railways, especially in France, is familiar with the official attitude towards the hapless wayfarer. The leading id...
5. Part 5There used to be buttercups once on these meads, There used to be reeds by the bank, But now these same meadows have not even weeds, And the water's decidedly rank. The pastures...
2. Part 2Howsever, bold Bo'sen he went down to leeward, While Curly Dick shook with funk; And Long-legged Bill he hid in the caboose, A-yellin' "We'll all be sunk!" You might a'most hear...
1. Part 1Designed to provide in a series of volumes, each complete in itself, the cream of national humour, contributed by the masters of comic draughtsmanship and the leading wits of th...
4. Part 4I'm afloat, I'm afloat, what matters it where? So the devils don't know my address, I don't care. Of London I'm sick, I've come down to the sea, And let who will make up next we...
6. Part 6The lilies are languid, the aspens quiver, The Sun-God shooteth his shafts of light, The ripples are wroth with the restless river; _And O for the wash of the weir at night_!