'To J. P. Harley'
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From a letter to J. P. Harley (9 April 1839).
Creator
Dickens, Charles
Source
'To J. P. Harley.' Letter to J. P. Harley. 9 April 1839. The Letters of Charles Dickens. The Pilgrim Edition. Edited by Madeline House and Graham Storey. Volume 1 (1820-1839), p. 541-542. Oxford University Press, 1965.
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Bibliographic Citation
Dickens, Charles. 'To J. P. Harley' (9 April 1839). Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1839-04-09_Letter_To_J_P_Harley_Poem.
Transcription
RECITATIVE
You’re wery funny so you air,
Good peoples’ sides you shake,
But in that ‘ere poetic flare
You’ve made a small mistake;
For “Thursday” ain’t the day young Snipe,
But “Wen’sday” is the cry:
So please to put that in your pipe
And act according-ly.
AIR
Oh come then tomorrow and taste of that cheer
Purwided for good ‘uns like you:
With the light of our countenance soften my beer,
My champagne, and my other Wines too.
And if in your fun, of that Beer you should think,
(For you are old Momus’ child)
Take a maxim from it while your sherry you drink,
And pray Harley – pray – draw it mild.
Oh come then tomorrow when church-clocks strike six,
Dum vivimus – live while we may –
And when you have eaten and drunk too “like bricks”,
Oh then, like the Page – “Go and Play”.
[Please to hang up this bill in the kitchen.]
You’re wery funny so you air,
Good peoples’ sides you shake,
But in that ‘ere poetic flare
You’ve made a small mistake;
For “Thursday” ain’t the day young Snipe,
But “Wen’sday” is the cry:
So please to put that in your pipe
And act according-ly.
AIR
Oh come then tomorrow and taste of that cheer
Purwided for good ‘uns like you:
With the light of our countenance soften my beer,
My champagne, and my other Wines too.
And if in your fun, of that Beer you should think,
(For you are old Momus’ child)
Take a maxim from it while your sherry you drink,
And pray Harley – pray – draw it mild.
Oh come then tomorrow when church-clocks strike six,
Dum vivimus – live while we may –
And when you have eaten and drunk too “like bricks”,
Oh then, like the Page – “Go and Play”.
[Please to hang up this bill in the kitchen.]
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Dickens, Charles, “'To J. P. Harley',” Dickens Search, accessed April 26, 2024, https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1839-04-09_Letter_To_J_P_Harley_Poem.