Project Gutenberg 2022-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 138 Smedley, Frank E. (Frank Edward) 1818 1864 Smedley, F. E. (Frank Edward) Smedley, Francis Edward Fairlegh, Frank Yates, Edmund 1831 1894 Yates, Edmund Hodgson Yates, E. (Edmund) McConnell, William 1833 1867 M'Connell, William M'Connel, William 29000848 Mirth and metre $aUnited Kingdom :$bGeorge Routledge & Co.,$c1855. Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Mirth and Metre" by Frank E. Smedley and Edmund Yates is a collection of humorous poetry and light verse written in the mid-19th century. The work is presented as a series of lays and legends that employ a satirical tone. The authors aim to emulate and pay homage to the comic poetry style of Thomas Ingoldsby, while also weaving in their own narratives and characters, including a young heiress named Maude and various other amusing figures involved in legendary tales. At the start of the collection, we find a sorrowful scene at Allinghame Hall where Maude, the heiress, mourns the death of her father, Sir Reginald Allinghame. Despite numerous suitors who show interest in her, she is determined not to marry immediately. The narrative humorously shifts when young Lord Dandelion is robbed by a flamboyant highwayman, who evokes a mix of fear and comedic awe. This detailed and whimsical setup introduces the playful nature of the poems, blending elements of humor, romance, and adventure, as it invites readers into a world where characters navigate both romantic entanglements and absurd situations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/mirthmetre00smed 20210419175520smedley 1855 gb Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English wit and humor Humorous poetry, English Legends -- Poetry PR Text Category: Poetry Category: Humour 303395 2025-07-27T10:37:22.578602 text/html 291208 2024-10-19T01:28:06 text/html 1133602 2025-07-27T10:37:31.139514 application/epub+zip 1131593 2025-07-27T10:37:24.662559 application/epub+zip 370998 2025-07-27T10:37:23.442546 application/epub+zip 1960472 2025-07-27T10:37:34.835532 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1943506 2025-07-27T10:37:29.922513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 187546 2025-07-27T10:37:21.694576 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 167566 2024-10-19T01:28:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17922 2025-07-27T10:37:35.006508 application/rdf+xml 32376 2025-07-27T10:37:23.791558 image/jpeg 4549 2025-07-27T10:37:23.617571 image/jpeg 1882168 2025-07-27T10:37:22.672594 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia