Charles Stuart Calverley (/ˈkɑːvərlɪ/; 22 December 1831 – 17 February 1884) was an English poet and wit. He was the literary father of what has been called "the university school of humour". Read full biography of Charles Stuart Calverley →
I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive.
I cannot sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, 'Tis that I can't remember how They go.
Meaning, however, is no great matter.
Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life.
Charles Stuart Calverley (/ˈkɑːvərlɪ/; 22 December 1831 – 17 February 1884) was an English poet and wit. He was the literary father of what has been called "the university school of humour".