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W. S. Gilbert
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W. S. Gilbert
Age: 74 †
Born: 1836
Born: November 18
Died: 1911
Died: May 29
Dramatist
Illustrator
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London
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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
William Schwenck Gilbert
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When every blessed thing you have is made of silver, or of gold, you long for simple pewter.
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Strike the concertina's melancholy string! Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing! Let the piano's martial blast Rouse the Echoes of the Past
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I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.
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It's true I've got no shirts to wear It's true my butcher's bill is due It's true my prospects all look blue - But don't let that unsettle you.
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Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call, Must call too soon.
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I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer, I've an entertaining snigger, I've a fascinating leer To everybody's prejudice I know a thing or two I can tell a woman's age in half a minute--and I do
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Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes! Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!
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Things are seldom what they seem.
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There's a fascination frantic in a ruin that's romantic.
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I accept refreshment at any hands, however lowly.
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Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancybrig, And a bos'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig!
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