William Schwenck Gilbert

Brightly dawns our wedding day;
Joyous hour, we give thee greeting
Whither, whither art thou fleeting
Fickle moment, prithee stay

A maiden sat at her window wide,
Pretty enough for a Prince's bride,
Yet nobody came to claim her
She sat like a beautiful picture there,

An excellent soldier who's worthy the
Loves officers dashing and strict:
When good, he's content with escaping all blame,
When naughty, he likes to be licked

LY
NE was a nursery maid,
ES was a bold Life Guard,
HN was a constable, poorly paid(And I am a doggerel bard)

There lived a King, as I've been
In the wonder-working days of old,
When hearts were twice as good as gold,
And twenty times as mellow

Now,
Marco, dear,
My wishes hear:
While you're

I'm old, my dears, and shrivelled with age, and work, and grief,
My eyes are gone, and my teeth have been drawn by Time, the Thief
For terrible sights I've seen, and dangers great I've run -I'm nearly seventy now, and my work is almost d...

IN all the towns and cities
On Merry England's broad expanse,
No swordsman ever could
With

IS
Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, an Elderly
Alexis, of the Grenadier Guards—His
Dr

He is an Englishman
For he himself has said it,
And it's greatly to his credit,
That he is an Englishman

ON
TY
US
Was the son of an elderly labouring man;

If you give me your attention,
I will tell you what I am:
I'm a genuine philanthropist - all other kinds are sham
Each little fault of temper and each social