Author: William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)
Mr. M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym]
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- A credo (For the sole edification) (from Five German Ditties)
- A little girl through field and wood (from Five German Ditties) FRE (The chaplet)
- A little girl through field and wood (from Five German Ditties) FRE - Peter Andrew Tranchell (The chaplet)
- And thou wert once a maiden fair (from Five German Ditties) (On a very old woman)
- And thou wert once a maiden fair (from Five German Ditties) - Peter Andrew Tranchell (To a very old woman)
- A tale of long ago (There liv'd a sage in days of yore) (from Five German Ditties) - Harold Noble FRE
- A tragic story (There liv'd a sage in days of yore) (from Five German Ditties) FRE
- A tragic story (There liv'd a sage in days of yore) (from Five German Ditties) - Arthur Bergh, (Edward) Benjamin Britten, Ernest Bullock, Sir, George Whitefield Chadwick, Ann Hamerton, George Norman Peterkin, Joseph Roff, Peter Andrew Tranchell FRE
- A tragic tale (There liv'd a sage in days of yore) (from Five German Ditties) - J. Bertram Fox, David Dick Slater FRE
- Ballad of Little Billee (There were three sailors of Bristol city) (from Sand and Canvas) - Geoffrey O'Hara, (Gerald) Graham Peel
- Bread and butter (Werther had a love for Charlotte) (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - Seymour Barab
- Commanders of the Faithful (The Pope he is a happy man) (from Rebecca and Rowena)
- Commanders of the Faithful (The Pope he is a happy man) (from Rebecca and Rowena) - William Platt
- Credo (For the sole edification) (from Five German Ditties) - George Whitefield Chadwick
- Cutting him dead (Werther had a love for Charlotte) (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - Carey Blyton
- Doctor Luther (For the sole edification) (from Five German Ditties) - Peter Andrew Tranchell
- For the sole edification (from Five German Ditties) (A credo)
- For the sole edification (from Five German Ditties) - George Whitefield Chadwick (Credo)
- For the sole edification (from Five German Ditties) - Peter Andrew Tranchell (Doctor Luther)
- Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin (Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin) (from Rebecca and Rowena) - Arthur Foote
- Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin (from Rebecca and Rowena) - Arthur Foote (Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin)
- Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin (from Rebecca and Rowena) - William Platt, Richard Henry Walthew (The Age of Wisdom)
- Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin (from Rebecca and Rowena) - Theophile-Jules-Henri Marzials (Wait till you come to forty years)
- How spake of old the Royal Seer? (Vanitas Vanitatum)
- How spake of old the Royal Seer? - Margaret Crichton (Vanity of vanities)
- Little Billee (There were three sailors of Bristol city) (from Sand and Canvas) - Rutland Boughton, William Bowie, John Michael Diack, Paul N. Edmonds, Constance Mills Herreshoff, Michael John Hurd, Harold Hinchcliffe Sykes, Charles Wood
- On a very old woman (And thou wert once a maiden fair) (from Five German Ditties)
- Sorrows of Werther (Werther had a love for Charlotte) (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse)
- Sorrows of Werther (Werther had a love for Charlotte) (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - Richard Henry Walthew
- The Age of Wisdom (Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin) (from Rebecca and Rowena) - William Platt, Richard Henry Walthew
- The Almack's Adieu (Your Fanny was never false-hearted)
- The chaplet (A little girl through field and wood) (from Five German Ditties) FRE
- The chaplet (A little girl through field and wood) (from Five German Ditties) - Peter Andrew Tranchell FRE
- The cold gray hills they bind me around (from Five German Ditties) FRE RUS (The king on the tower)
- The cold gray hills they bind me around (from Five German Ditties) FRE RUS - Peter Andrew Tranchell, Richard Henry Walthew (The king on the tower)
- The garret (With pensive eyes the little room I view) GER
- The king on the tower (The cold gray hills they bind me around) (from Five German Ditties) FRE RUS
- The king on the tower (The cold gray hills they bind me around) (from Five German Ditties) - Peter Andrew Tranchell, Richard Henry Walthew FRE RUS
- The Knightly Guerdon (Untrue to my Ulric I never could be)
- The pigtail (There liv'd a sage in days of yore) (from Five German Ditties) - Seymour Barab, Frederic Field Bullard, Madeleine Dring, Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, Joseph Wardale FRE
- The Pope he is a happy man (from Rebecca and Rowena) (Commanders of the Faithful)
- The Pope he is a happy man (from Rebecca and Rowena) - William Platt (Commanders of the Faithful)
- There liv'd a sage in days of yore (from Five German Ditties) FRE - Harold Noble (A tale of long ago)
- There liv'd a sage in days of yore (from Five German Ditties) FRE (A tragic story)
- There liv'd a sage in days of yore (from Five German Ditties) FRE - Arthur Bergh, (Edward) Benjamin Britten, Ernest Bullock, Sir, George Whitefield Chadwick, Ann Hamerton, George Norman Peterkin, Joseph Roff, Peter Andrew Tranchell (A tragic story)
- There liv'd a sage in days of yore (from Five German Ditties) FRE - J. Bertram Fox, David Dick Slater (A tragic tale)
- There liv'd a sage in days of yore (from Five German Ditties) FRE - Seymour Barab, Frederic Field Bullard, Madeleine Dring, Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, Joseph Wardale (The pigtail)
- There were three sailors of Bristol city (from Sand and Canvas) - Geoffrey O'Hara, (Gerald) Graham Peel (Ballad of Little Billee)
- There were three sailors of Bristol city (from Sand and Canvas) - Rutland Boughton, William Bowie, John Michael Diack, Paul N. Edmonds, Constance Mills Herreshoff, Michael John Hurd, Harold Hinchcliffe Sykes, Charles Wood (Little Billee)
- There were three sailors of Bristol city (from Sand and Canvas) (The three sailors)
- The rose upon my balcony the morning air perfuming (from Vanity Fair) (The rose upon my balcony)
- The rose upon my balcony the morning air perfuming (from Vanity Fair) - Bernard Rolt, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (The rose upon my balcony)
- The rose upon my balcony (The rose upon my balcony the morning air perfuming) (from Vanity Fair)
- The rose upon my balcony (The rose upon my balcony the morning air perfuming) (from Vanity Fair) - Bernard Rolt, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir
- The three sailors (There were three sailors of Bristol city) (from Sand and Canvas)
- To a very old woman (And thou wert once a maiden fair) (from Five German Ditties) - Peter Andrew Tranchell
- Untrue to my Ulric I never could be (The Knightly Guerdon)
- Vanitas Vanitatum (How spake of old the Royal Seer?)
- Vanity of vanities (How spake of old the Royal Seer?) - Margaret Crichton
- Wait till you come to forty years (Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin) (from Rebecca and Rowena) - Theophile-Jules-Henri Marzials
- Wapping Old Stairs (Your Molly has never been false, she declares) [misattributed] (Text: Anonymous )
- Wapping Old Stairs (Your Molly has never been false, she declares) - William Walton [misattributed] (Text: Anonymous )
- Werther had a love for Charlotte (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - Seymour Barab (Bread and butter)
- Werther had a love for Charlotte (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - Carey Blyton (Cutting him dead)
- Werther had a love for Charlotte (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) (Sorrows of Werther)
- Werther had a love for Charlotte (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - Richard Henry Walthew (Sorrows of Werther)
- With pensive eyes the little room I view GER (The garret)
- Your Fanny was never false-hearted (The Almack's Adieu)
- Your Molly has never been false, she declares [misattributed] (Text: Anonymous ) (Wapping Old Stairs)
- Your Molly has never been false, she declares [misattributed] (Text: Anonymous ) - William Walton (Wapping Old Stairs)
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