Yorkshire

LYRICS by Thomas Jefferson Monkman, 1885:

PREFACE.

This Volume is the work of my leisure moments for the last ten years. Having been solicited by many friends to bring my Lyrics before the public in a collected form, I have decided, in deference to their wishes, to launch my poetical barque upon the sea of public opinion. I am emboldened to take this step as many of my poems have already received the approval and patronage of the press. My labour has been one of love, and if I win the esteem and approbation of my fellow townsmen, my exertions will not have been in vain. To those Editors in Hull and elsewhere who have placed my productions before the public, I beg to return my sincere and heartfelt thanks. To them I am truly grateful for the handsome manner in which they have introduced an unknown stranger to the literary world.
THOMAS JEFFERSON MONKMAN.

Hull Literary Club,
January, 1885.

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• Reason; Wit; Fun; Good Fellowship; Finale;
• To haven, to home; My harp is all the world to me; The love that loves alway;
• Serenade; Lament of a Mother; Jennie Gray; Farewell the Barque;
• Will the swallows come again?; Acrostic; The boatman's song; O, gaily sails our ship today;
• Ode; A floral supplication; To a "rake" with pearly teeth; Draws;
• The Keelman's song; Song without sense; Jack Stunsail; Departing Troops;
• Manor Farm; Savoury; Equine; Our ship is bound for Baltimore; Song of the Sovereign;
• Unconquer'd on the deep; In Memoriam; To a schoolfellow; Alphabetical; Our steamer sails tonight, my boys;
• Welton's Valleys; The ocean Mail; "The City of Boston" and reply; Only a bit of blue ribbon;
• The city paved with gold; The seasons; The gallant Captain; Will you come down yon green shady lane?;
• My little Skiff; To an old friend; The steeple clock; Away from the city; Lovely Nell;
• The Lord's Prayer; The Polar expedition; Mary Lee; Sonnet: Wilberforce house; The home of the brave;
• The Town Hall; Annie Jane; Battle song; Departing Swallows; Merry as the birds in May;
• Christmas Boxers; To Abigail; The Newsboy; The mouse's song; To Eleanor; The boatman of Paull;
• The Rook; If I had a hoss wot wouldn't go; The Trawler's story; Cave bells;
• How will the Leger nags come to the fore?; The exile's dream; Here's a hand to you, John;
• To Eliza; Punctuation verses; Beauty's wreath; The last fly of summer; The Gardener; Thornton Abbey;
• The thoroughly good young man; When far away; The loaded shells; Lines on a country pump;
• Ode to a billiard table; God and man; A rhyming contest; Brittania's tars; In vino veritas; £. s. d.
• The pale eyed moon; It is not always May; Only a newspaper boy; An illegible scrawl; Couplets;