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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“Tell me, Grinder, if thou grindest
Always, always out of tune.”
—Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)
“Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)
“Grinder, who serenely grindest
At my door the Hundredth Psalm,”
—Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)