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William Schwenck Gilbert

18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: A Classical Revival At the outset I may mention it's my sovereign intention 60455
2: A Discontented Sugar Broker A GENTLEMAN of City fame 120400
3: A Man Who Would Woo A Fair Maid A man who would woo a fair maid, 45543
4: A Manager's Perplexities Were I a king in very truth, 31411
5: A Merry Madrigal. Brightly dawns our wedding day; 24454
6: A Mirage. Were I thy bride, Then the whole world beside 40453
7: A Nightmare When you're lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is taboo'd by anxiety, 32462
8: A Recipe. Take a pair of sparkling eyes, 28466
9: A Worm Will Turn I love a man who'll smile and joke 85475
10: Ah Me! When maiden loves, she sits and sighs, 20468
11: An Appeal. Oh, is there not one maiden breast 16426
12: An English Girl A wonderful joy our eyes to bless, 48578
13: An Unfortunate Likeness. I've painted Shakespeare all my life 100483
14: Anglicised Utopia Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses, 48482
15: Annie Protheroe. A Legend Of Stratford-Le-Bow. Oh! listen to the tale of little Annie Protheroe. 86443
16: At A Pantomime. By A Bilious One An Actor sits in doubtful gloom, 68419
17: At A Pantomime. By A Bilious One. An Actor sits in doubtful gloom, 68421
18: Babette's Love BABETTE she was a fisher gal, 84480
19: Baines Carew, Gentleman Of all the good attorneys who 92462
20: Ben Allah Achmet; Or, The Fatal Tum I once did know a Turkish man 80409
21: Blue Blood Spurn not the nobly born 26389
22: Bob Polter Bob Polter was a navvy, and 100428
23: Braid The Raven Hair. Braid the raven hair, Weave the supple tress, 20465
24: Brave Alum Bey Oh, big was the bosom of brave ALUM BEY, 96443
25: Captain Reece Of all the ships upon the blue, 92373
26: Damon v. Pythias Two better friends you wouldn't pass 80435
27: Disillusioned By An Ex-Enthusiast Oh, that my soul its gods could see 54437
28: Don't Forget. Now, Marco dear, My wishes hear: 56416
29: Eheu Fugaces! The air is charged with amatory numbers 20395
30: Ellen McJones Aberdeen MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS McCLAN 84456
31: Emily, John, James, And I. A Derby Legend. Emily Jane was a nursery maid, 81392
32: Etiquette. {1} The Ballyshannon foundered off the coast of Cariboo, 88364
33: Ferdinando And Elvira; Or, The Gentle Pieman At a pleasant evening party I had taken down to supper 64385
34: First Love A clergyman in Berkshire dwelt, 108386
35: General John The bravest names for fire and flames 52445
36: Gentle Alice Brown It was a robber's daughter, and her name was Alice Brown; 72380
37: Girl Graduates. They intend to send a wire To the moon; 40370
38: Good Little Girls Although of native maids the cream, 40443
39: Gregory Parable, LL.D. A leafy cot, where no dry rot 118383
40: Haunted Haunted? Ay, in a social way 64397
41: Haunted. Haunted? Ay, in a social way 64455
42: He And She. I know a youth who loves a little maid 41367
43: He Loves! He loves! If in the bygone years 16381
44: Her Terms My wedded life Must every pleasure bring 50430
45: Hongree And Mahry. A Recollection Of A Surrey Melodrama. The sun was setting in its wonted west, 110380
46: How It's Done Bold-faced ranger (Perfect stranger) 66414
47: Is Life A Boon? Is life a boon? If so? it must befal 22452
48: Joe Golightly Or, The First Lord's Daughter A tar, but poorly prized, 99384
49: John And Freddy JOHN courted lovely MARY ANN, 56459
50: King Borria Bungalee Boo King Borria Bungalee Boo 105409
51: King Goodheart. There lived a King, as I've been told, 48455
52: Lieutenant-Colonel Flare The earth has armies plenty, 96423
53: Life First you're born - and I'll be bound you 66454
54: Life Is Lovely All The Year When the buds are blossoming, 34389
55: Limited Liability Some seven men form an Association 42406
56: Little Oliver Earl Joyce he was a kind old party 107435
57: Lorenzo De Lardy DALILAH DE DARDY adored 80498
58: Lost Mr. Blake. Mr. Blake was a regular out-and-out hardened sinner, 60509
59: Mister William. Oh, listen to the tale of Mister William, if you please, 88515
60: My Dream. The other night, from cares exempt, 92424
61: My Lady Bedecked in fashion trim, 28460
62: Old Paul And Old Tim When rival adorers come courting a maid, 64393
63: One Against The World It's my opinion - though I own 36434
64: Only A Dancing Girl Only a dancing girl, With an unromantic style, 42412
65: Only Roses! To a garden full of posies 20363
66: Out Of Sorts When you find you're a broken-down critter, 36374
67: Pasha Bailey Ben A proud Pasha was BAILEY BEN, 104429
68: Peter The Wag Policeman PETER forth I drag 96414
69: Phrenology. Come, collar this bad man 88387
70: Poetry Everywhere What time the poet hath hymned 18398
71: Proper Pride. The Sun, whose rays Are all ablaze 32473
72: Put A Penny In The Slot If my action's stiff and crude, 30381
73: Said I To Myself, Said I. When I went to the Bar as a very young man, 32411
74: Sans Souci I cannot tell what this love may be 16419
75: Sir Barnaby Bampton Boo This is SIR BARNABY BAMPTON BOO, 72454
76: Sir Guy The Crusader Sir Guy was a doughty crusader, 65434
77: Sir Macklin Of all the youths I ever saw 68370
78: Sleep On! Fear no unlicensed entry, 24392
79: Solatium Comes the broken flower 20366
80: Sorry Her Lot. Sorry her lot who loves too well, 12412
81: Speculation. Comes a train of little ladies 16428
82: Tempora Mutantur Letters, letters, letters, letters! 53388
83: The Aesthete If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line, as a man of culture rare, 24597
84: The Ape And The Lady. A lady fair, of lineage high, 33418
85: The Baby's Vengeance. Weary at heart and extremely ill 102380
86: The Baffled Grumbler. Whene'er I poke Sarcastic joke 48412
87: The Bishop And The 'Busman It was a Bishop bold, 76446
88: The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo From east and south the holy clan 96448
89: The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo Again. I often wonder whether you 88406
90: The British Tar. A British tar is a soaring soul, 16396
91: The Bumboat Woman's Story. I'm old, my dears, and shrivelled with age, and work, and grief, 76411
92: The Captain And The Mermaids. I sing a legend of the sea, 108437
93: The Coming Bye And Bye. Sad is that woman's lot who, year by year, 24416
94: The Contemplative Sentry. When all night long a chap remains 30399
95: The Cunning Woman On all Arcadia's sunny plain, 104440
96: The Darned Mounseer. I shipped, d'ye see, in a Revenue sloop, 42404
97: The Disagreeable Man. If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: 27412
98: The Disconcerted Tenor A tenor, all singers above 32418
99: The Duke And The Duchess Small titles and orders 65441
100: The Duke Of Plaza-Toro. In enterprise of martial kind, 54427
101: The Englishman. He is an Englishman! 12385
102: The Fairy Curate. Once a fairy Light and airy Married with a mortal; 156431
103: The Fairy Queen's Song Oh, foolish fay, Think you because 34415
104: The Family Fool. Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, 65398
105: The Fickle Breeze Sighing softly to the river 24426
106: The First Lord's Song. When I was a lad I served a term 36461
107: The Folly Of Brown By A General Agent I knew a boor a clownish card 80443
108: The Force Of Argument Lord B. was a nobleman bold 84365
109: The Ghost, The Gallant, The Gael, And The Goblin O'er unreclaimed suburban clays 96387
110: The Ghosts' High Noon When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls, and the bat in the moonlight flies, 12373
111: The Great Oak Tree There grew a little flower 36375
112: The Haughty Actor. An actor Gibbs, of Drury Lane 117367
113: The Heavy Dragoon. If you want a receipt for that popular mystery 40324
114: The Highly Respectable Gondolier. I stole the Prince, and I brought him here, 44356
115: The House Of Peers. When Britain really ruled the waves 21407
116: The Humane Mikado. A more humane Mikado never 74460
117: The Independent Bee A hive of bees, as I've heard say, 54418
118: The Judge's Song. When I, good friends, was called to the Bar, 40461
119: The King Of Canoodle-Dum. The story of Frederick Gowler, 112404
120: The Lord Chancellor's Song. The law is the true embodiment 30396
121: The Love-Sick Boy. When first my old, old love I knew, 16338
122: The Magnet And The Churn. A magnet hung in a hardware shop, 28425
123: The Martinet. Some time ago, in simple verse 100363
124: The Merryman And His Maid I have a song to sing, O! 64386
125: The Mighty Must Come mighty Must! Inevitable Shall! 24379
126: The Modern Major-General. I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral. 36355
127: The Modest Couple When man and maiden meet, I like to see a drooping eye, 68384
128: The Mystic Selvagee. Perhaps already you may know 110359
129: The National Anthem A monarch is pestered with cares, 32367
130: The Pantomime "Super" To His Mask Vast empty shell! Impertinent, preposterous abortion! 45370
131: The Perils Of Invisibility. Old Peter led a wretched life 92325
132: The Periwinkle Girl I've often thought that headstrong youths 84355
133: The Phantom Curate. A Fable A BISHOP once I will not name his see 60831
134: The Philosophic Pill. I've wisdom from the East and from the West, 16424
135: The Played-Out Humorist Quixotic is his enterprise, and hopeless his adventure is, 33365
136: The Policeman's Lot. When a felon's not engaged in his employment 16364
137: The Practical Joker Oh what a fund of joy jocund lies hid in harmless hoaxes! 50337
138: The Precocious Baby. A Very True Tale An elderly person a prophet by trade 86408
139: The Reverend Micah Sowls The REVEREND MICAH SOWLS, 76397
140: The Reverend Simon Magus. A rich advowson, highly prized, 96378
141: The Reward Of Merit. Dr. Belville was regarded as the Crichton of his age: 36386
142: The Rival Curates List while the poet trolls 92350
143: The Rover's Apology. Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray; 24379
144: The Sailor Boy To His Lass. I go away this blessed day, 104397
145: The Sensation Captain No nobler captain ever trod 104355
146: The Sorcerer's Song. Oh! my name is John Wellington Wells 79385
147: The Story Of Prince Agib Strike the concertina's melancholy string! 85354
148: The Suicide's Grave. On a tree by the river a little tomtit 24396
149: The Susceptible Chancellor The law is the true embodiment 30387
150: The Tangled Skein. Try we life long, we can never 20402
151: The Terrible Tale. Tis now some thirty-seven years ago 60339
152: The Three Kings Of Chickeraboo There were three niggers of Chickeraboo 72365
153: The Troubadour A troubadour he played 88407
154: The Two Majors. An excellent soldier who's worthy the name 84356
155: The Two Ogres Good children, list, if you're inclined, 100349
156: The Usher's Charge. Now, Jurymen, hear my advice 18399
157: The Way Of Wooing. A maiden sat at her window wide, 48419
158: The Working Monarch. Rising early in the morning, 62417
159: The Yarn Of The "Nancy Bell" Twas on the shores that round our coast 92378
160: The Æsthete. If you're anxious for to shine in the high æsthetic line, as a man of culture rare, 24385
161: They'll None Of 'Em Be Missed. As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, 30419
162: Thomas Winterbottom Hance In all the towns and cities fair 88370
163: Thomson Green And Harriet Hale Oh list to this incredible tale 64366
164: To A Little Maid By A Policeman Come with me, little maid, 27408
165: To My Bride (Whoever She May Be) Oh! little maid! (I do not know your name 42393
166: To Phoebe Gentle, modest little flower, 16398
167: To The Terrestrial Globe. By A Miserable Wretch Roll on, thou ball, roll on! 19351
168: True Diffidence. My boy, you may take it from me, 30373
169: When A Merry Maiden Marries. When a merry maiden marries, 32397
170: When I First Put This Uniform On. When I first put this uniform on, 24370
171: Willow Waly! Prithee, pretty maiden prithee, tell me true 32378
172: Would You Know? Would you know the kind of maid 24449




About:
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. These, as well as most of their other Savoy operas, continue to be performed regularly throughout the English-speaking world and beyond by opera companies, repertory companies, schools and community theatre groups. Lines from these works have become part of the English language, such as "short, sharp shock", "What, never? Well, hardly ever!", and "Let the punishment fit the crime".

Gilbert also wrote the Bab Ballads, an extensive collection of light verse accompanied by his own comical drawings. His creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, numerous stories, poems, lyrics and various other comic and serious pieces. His plays and realistic style of stage direction inspired other dramatists, including Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. According to The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Gilbert's "lyrical facility and his mastery of metre raised the poetical quality of comic opera to a position that it had never reached before and has not reached since".

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