Crushed again! Auteur: W.S. Gilbert Copy Quote More from W.S. Gilbert “Oh, dry the glistening tear that dues that marshal cheekThy loving childern her…” “The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a transcendental kind.” “Gilbert's response to being told they (the words 'ruddy' and 'bloody') meant th…” “To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dockin a pestilential prison with a li…”