Kendall, that line dropped out in the typing not the recitation. That stanza wouldn't make much sense without it. Thanks for pointing it out.

And, ClaireBear, where in the poem does that verse go? I can see at least two places it would fit. If it weren't a formal poem it wouldn't matter to me but Ms Smith deserves to have her work preserved.

Yes, I knew the author was a woman. Note that the two works I do are by women and are in a genre that used to be the domain of men, at least when those women were writing. I like to point that out when I do them.

I am currently working on The Ballad Of The Mermaid, also by Ruth Moore. And I want to learn The Ballad Of Blasphemous Bill by Robert Service.

This is a great thread. There's some great stuff out there. I'd love to hear some of it performed. I'd never have thought of doing John Donne. And while I've heard The Ryhme Of The Nancy Bell no one around here does any other of Gilbert's early work.