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Farewell to London
Alexander Pope
Farewell, Arbuthnot's raillery
On every learned sot;
And Garth, the best good Christian he,
Although he knows it...
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An Occasional Prologue, Delivered Previous To The Performance Of 'The Wheel Of Fortune' At A Private Theatre
George Gordon Lord Byron
Has swept irnmortal raillery from the stage;
Since taste has now expunged licentious wit,
Which stamp'd disgrace on all...
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Anniversary Song
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For riddles, spirit, raillery,

And wit, a place remain'd;
A sixth pair then our circle...
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Anniversary Song.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For riddles, spirit, raillery,
 
And wit, a place remain'd;
A sixth pair then our circle join'd,
 
And so that prize...
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Impromptu: To Frances Garnet Wolseley
Alfred Austin
Sprightliness without its boldness,
Raillery untipped by malice,
Playful wit and kindly sallies,
Eloquence averse from railing,
Each good...
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Julian and Maddalo (excerpt)
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Talk interrupted with such raillery
  As mocks itself, because it cannot scorn
  The thoughts it would extinguish: 'twas...
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King Candaules And The Doctor Of Laws
La Fontaine
to know a queen
Could raillery not bear on such a...
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Stanzas Composed During A Thunderstorm
George Gordon Lord Byron
Some coxcomb's raillery;
Nor own for once thou thought'st on one,
  Who ever thinks on...
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Stella At Wood Park, A House Of Charles Ford, Esq., Near Dublin
Jonathan Swift
Regard not whether false or true:
Yet raillery gives no offence,
Where truth has not the least pretence;
Nor can be more securely placed
Than...
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The Amorous Courtesan
La Fontaine
And, on her, raillery went briskly...
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The Hired Man And Floretty
James Whitcomb Riley
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This raillery Floretty strangely seemed
To take as compliment, and fairly beamed
With pleasure at it...
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To Alexander Pope, Esq.
Mary Barber
And vaunt your impious Raillery for Wit,
The Gospel--Rule defective you pretend,
When you the social Duties recommend;
In...
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