Quotes from Sir William S. Gilbert

For you dream you are crossing the Channel, and tossing about in a steamer from Harwich—Which is something between a large bathing machine and a very small second-class carriage.

I seized him by his little pig-tail,And on his knees fell he,As he squirmed and struggled,And gurgled and guggled,I drew my snickersnee!

When I went to the Bar as a very young man(Said I to myself, said I).

He uses language that would make your hair curl.

For I'm not so old, and not so plain,And I'm quite prepared to marry again.

A source of innocent merriment!

I have a song to sing, O!Sing me your song, O!

Here's a pretty state of things!Here's a pretty how-de-do!

It is, it is a glorious thingTo be a Pirate King.

When constabulary duty's to be done,The policeman's lot is not a happy one.