W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911)

Poems

• A Man who would Woo a Fair Maid
• A Merry Madrigal
• A Mirage
• A Recipe
• Aline and Lady Sangazure duet
• Aline's ballad
• An Appeal
• Blue Blood
• Braid the Raven Hair
• Don't Forget
• Down to the Derby
• Eheu Fugaces—!
• Girl Graduates
• He and She
• He Loves
• Is Life a Boon?
• King Goodheart
• Lady Sangazure's ballad
• Life is Lovely all the Year
• Only Roses!
• Original Act II opening chorus
• Poetry Everywhere
• Proper Pride
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
• Ruddigore — Act 1
• Ruddigore — Act 2
• Said I to Myself, Said I
• Second verse of Constance's aria
• Sleep on!
• Solatium
• Songs of a Savoyard
• Sorry Her Lot
• Speculation
• The Advent of Spring
• The Æsthete
• The Ape and the Lady
• The Baffled Grumbler
• The British Tar
• The Cattle Show
• The Coming Bye and Bye
• The Contemplative Sentry
• The Darned Mounseer
• The Dream (Gilbert)
• The Duke and the Duchess
• The Duke of Plaza-Toro
• The Fairy Queen's Song
• The Family Fool
• The Fickle Breeze
• The First Lord's Song
• The Ghost's High Noon
• The Great Oak Tree
• The Heavy Dragoon
• The Highly Respectable Gondolier
• The House of Peers
• The Humane Mikado
• The Judge's Song
• The Lord Chancellor's Song
• The Lovesick Boy
• The Magnet and the Churn
• The Merryman and his Maid
• The Mighty Must
• The Modern Major-General
• The Philosophic Pill
• The Policeman's Lot
• The Reward of Merit
• The Rover's Apology
• The Sorcerer's Song
• The Tangled Skein
• The Usher's Charge
• The Working Monarch
• Thespis
• They'll None of Them be Missed
• True Diffidence
• When a Merry Maiden Marries
• When I First Put this Uniform On
• Willow Waly
• Would You Know?