George Robert Sims Quotes

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It is Christmas Day in the Workhouse.
And the cold bare walls are bright
With garlands of green and holly,
And the place is a pleasant sight.

George Robert Sims

Lor', but women's rum cattle to deal with, the first man found that to his cost,
And I reckon it's just through a woman the last man on earth'll be lost.

George Robert Sims

The hedgerows are set with the crystals of winter, And ripe berries hiding from gay-feathered thieves ; The hand of December, the vigorous tinter, Has browned and encarmined the exquisite leaves.

George Robert Sims

George Robert Sims

George Robert Sims

Born: September 2, 1847

Died: September 4, 1922 (aged 75)

Bio: George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist and bon vivant.

Known for:

Horrible London (Dodo Press)
How the poor live and horrible London (1883)
Memoirs of a Mother-in-law (1892)
The Dagonet Ballads: (Chiefly from the Referee.) (1879)
Among My Autographs (1904)

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