W. S. Gilbert
W. S. Gilbert
Sir William Schwenck Gilbertwas an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operasproduced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. The most famous of these include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. These, as well as several of the other Savoy operas, continue to be frequently performed in the English-speaking world and beyond by opera companies, repertory companies,...
love men creatures
I love my fellow creatures - I do all the good I can - yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!
mistake moon shy
Ah, pray no mistake, We are not shy; We're very wide awake The Moon and I.
time punishment sublime
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time- To let the punishment fit the crime- The punishment fit the crime.
cutting loss village
When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling; When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime; He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling; And listen to the merry village chime.
math animal vegetables
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus, I know the scientific names of beings animalculous; In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
women race woe
In all the woes that curse our race there is a lady in the case.
wind half dozen
A popular speaker, however unpopular and insignificant, has only to wind up his speech with half-a-dozen lines of Shakespeare (and to make it clearly understood that they are Shakespeare's) and he will sit down amid thunders of applause.
modern minerals calculus
I am the very model of a modern major general
moderation objections
I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.
sailing arms knees
The happiest hour a sailor sees Is when he's down At an inland town, With his Nancy on his knees, yo ho! And his arm around her waist!
kings pirate glorious
It is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King.
cat keys doors
On my face extended flat I was walloped with a cat For listening at the key-hole of the door.
memories mind age
I shall carry to the Catacombs of Age, Photographically lined On the tablet of my mind
littles knows posterity
Posterity will know as little of me as I know of posterity.