I know you’ve been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive.

About Charles Stuart Calverley

Charles Stuart Calverleywas an English poet and wit. He was the literary father of what has been called “the university school of humour”.

I cannot sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, ‘Tis that I can’t remember how They go.

British poet (1831-1884)

British poet (1831-1884)

Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life.

British poet (1831-1884)