The Bab Ballads with Which are Included Songs of a Savoyard by W. S. Gilbert

Author:W. S. Gilbert [Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anboco
Published: 2017-03-27T22:00:00+00:00

Frederick he was a simple soul,

He pulled from his pocket a bulky roll,

And gave to Paley his hard-earned store,

A hundred and seventy pounds or more

Paley Vollaire, with many a groan,

Gave Frederick all that he'd called his own,—

Two shirts and a sock, and a vest of jean,

A Wellington boot and a bamboo cane.

And Fred (entitled to all things there)

He took the fever from Mr. Vollaire,

Which killed poor Frederick West. Meanwhile

Vollaire sailed off to Madeira's isle.

THE ÆSTHETE

If you're anxious for to shine in the high æsthetic line, as

a man of culture rare,

You must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms,

and plant them everywhere.

You must lie upon the daisies and discourse in

novel phrases of your complicated state of mind

(The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a

transcendental kind).

And every one will say,

As you walk your mystic way,

"If this young man expresses himself in terms too deep

for me,

Why, what a very singularly deep

young man this deep young man must be!"

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