The Spook Ballads

Author: William Theodore Parkes

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This is a volume of ghost stories in verse by William Theodore Parkes. The poems in this volume are often humorous, and written in a parody of ye olde style of poetry.

"Dealing largely with ghosts and legends embracing a dash of diablerie such as would have been dear to the heart of Ingoldsby. There is a rugged force in 'The Girl of Castlebar' that will always make it tell in recitation; and even greater success in this direction has attended 'The Fairy Queen,' a story unveiling the seamy side, with quaint humour and stern realism. It is specially worthy of note that Mr. Parkes's skill in versification has received the warmest acknowledgment from those best qualified to appreciate the bright local coloring as well as the blending of fancy and fun."— Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper. - Summary by Carolin

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Bohemians, HailThe Ghosts of Hampton CourtYe Filial SacraficeMadame Stiffin's GhostSonnet on PartingHis BouquetThe Girl of CastlebarThe German BandOut of PlumbA Ward in the ChancerieThe Fairy QueenThe Devil in Richmond ParkSavedA Most Remarkable CaseA Tour to SvitzerlandJoy! on Seeing a Flying SpringThe Mate of the Mary AnneAn Umbrella CaseThe Spook of Rotten RowThe Magic SpecsYe Curious TayleLeather Versus LawHeads and TailsThe Colonel and the CookThe Spirit that held him downHis Future StateA Fight in the Phoenix ParkAn Abdicated CrownTears in LawHe Followed the FoxThe Honest Young CashierThe Road to LondonAntediluvian Pat O'TooleThe Lucky SixpenceA Wallflower SonnetParadoxical WordsA Cantible on Music, Art and LawWoman's TearsHeraldic FruitsThe Polis and the Princess GranauilleA Horror of London TownA Confidential SonnetA Tram Car GhostMargate SandsJohn McKuneI'll go for a SojerOde Here!The Smuggler's FateThe Late Fitz-BinksA Fugitive KissThe Bedroom CurseA Gun SoloThe Semi-Grand PianoCanticrankAn Ill Wind Blew him GoodA Kleptomaniac's DoomCaught in the BreachThe Ghost of Hiram SmikeWhy did ye die?A Pretty Little Land I KnowHow they EnlistThe Kindergarten Way

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