Charles Stuart Calverley ( /ˈkɑːvərlɪ/; December 22, 1831 – February 17, 1884) was an English poet and wit. He was the literary father of what has been called "the university school of humour".
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“Grinder, who serenely grindest
At my door the Hundredth Psalm,”
—Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)
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“Grinder, who serenely grindest
At my door the Hundredth Psalm,”
—Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)