- Dagonet Ditties
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George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, prolific in his output and known for his satire and humor. These qualities are reflected in this collection small poems originally published in the literary magazine, “The Referee.”
- Chapters
- London Day by Day
- For E'er and Hair
- A Domestic Tragedy
- The Pick-Me-Up
- Ad Cor Meum
- Ichabod
- A Derby Ditty
- Shall We Remember?
- Paradise and the Sinner
- The Income Tax
- Nonsense
- Le Mardi Gras
- Two Sundays
- The Mails Aboard
- At the Photographer's
- In Gay Japan
- The Balaclava Heroes
- A Child's Idea
- Sanitation at Sea
- Guignol
- The English Summer
- A Perfect Paradise
- That Breeze
- Ballad of Old-Time Fogs
- Under the Clock
- The Girl of Forty-Seven
- Conventional Malgre Lui
- Home, Sweet Home
- In Portland Place
- The Shirt Buttons
- The Londoner to His Love
- The Eiffel Bonnet
- To a Fair Musician
- A Word for the Police
- The Old Clock on the Stairs
- My Ambition
- A Wish
- The Song of Heredity
- Scotch'd, Not Kilt
- The Last Resource
- Ye Bars and Gates
- Portrait of a Prince
- The Strong Men
- A Ballad of Soap
- The Jokeleteer
- Bill Sikes's Protest
- The Clarinet
- No Evening Dress
- Alone in London
- The Volunteer
- Those Boots
- A Sunday Song
- Up the Rigi
- A Plea for Mercy
- If You Were Here
- Le Brav' General
- The Paris Exhibition
- The New Legend
- Mild December
- The Last Duke
- To the Fog
- The Reminiscences of Mr. John Dobbs
- Pickpocket Poems
- The Cigarette
- The Early Milk-Cart
- The Collaborators
- The Wen Cure
- That New-Born Babe
- The Button
- A Façon de Parler
- Jackson
- Another Danger
- After the Act
- The Rigadoon
- How to Write a Novel
- The German Gym
- Tottie
- The Welshman in London
- The Magistrate
- The Imperial Institute
- The Plan of Campaign
- The People's Palace
- A Charade
- A True Story
- The Pirate 'Bus
- The War-Cry
- The ''Lancet''
- A Tale of a Tub
- The Comic King