The Humourous Poetry of the English Language

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Anon in beggar's rags appear;
A giant now, and straight an elf,
I'm every one, but ne'er myself;
Ne'er sad I mourn, ne'er glad rejoice,
I move my lips, but want a voice,
I ne'er was born, nor ne'er can die,
Then, pr'ythee, tell me what am I?
ON TIME.
Ever eating, ever cloying,
All-devouring, all-destroying
Never finding full repast,
Till I eat the world at last.
CATALOGUE OF SOURCES
ADDISON, JOSEPH--The Essayist of the "Spectator;" born 1632 died 1708.
Addison, though one of the most celebrated of English humorists, wrote
scarcely a line of humorous verse.
ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM--An American writer; contributor to "Putnam's
Magazine;" author of a volume of poems recently published in Hartford.
ANONYMOUS--To Punch's Almanac, for 1856, we are indebted for an account
of this prolific writer:
"Of Anon," says Punch, "but little is known, though his works are
excessively numerous. He has dabbled in every thing. Prose and Poetry
are alike familiar to his pen. One moment he will be up the highest
flights of philosophy, and the next he will be down in some kitchen
garden of literature, culling an Enormous Gooseberry, to present it to
the columns of some provincial newspaper. His contributions are
scattered wherever the English language is read. Open any volume of
Miscellanies at any place you will, and you are sure to fall upon some
choice little bit signed by 'Anon.' What a mind his must have been! It