Charles Stuart Calverley — English Poet born on December 22, 1831, died on February 17, 1884

Charles Stuart Calverley was an English poet and wit. He was the literary father of what has been called "the university school of humour"... (wikipedia)

I cannot sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, 'Tis that I can't remember how They go.
I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive.
Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life.
Meaning, however, is no great matter.