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The Sea
The Sea
There are certain things a
spider, a ghost,
The incometax,
gout, an umbrella for three That
I hate, but the thing that I …
The Voice of the Lobster
The Voice of the Lobster
''Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare
'You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.'
As a duck with …
The Mad Gardener's Song
The Mad Gardener's Song
He thought he saw an Elephant,
That practised on a fife:
He looked again, and found it was
A letter from his wife…
The Palace of Humbug
The Palace of Humbug
Lays of Mystery,
Imagination, and Humor
Number 1
I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, <…
The Hunting of the Snark
The Hunting of the Snark
Fit the First
THE LANDING
'Just the place for a Snark!' the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew…
The Lang Coortin'
The Lang Coortin'
The ladye she stood at her lattice high,
Wi' her doggie at her feet;
Thorough the lattice she can spy
The passers in th…
The Aged Aged Man
The Aged Aged Man
I'll tell thee everything I can;
There's little to relate.
I saw an aged aged man,
Asitting
on a gate.
…
Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy
Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy
And with that she
began nursing her child again, singing a sort of
lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a …
She's All My Fancy Painted Him
She's All My Fancy Painted Him
She's all my fancy painted him
(I make no idle boast);
If he or you had lost a limb,
Which would have suff…
Punctuality
Punctuality
Man Naturally loves delay,
And to procrastinate;
Business put off from day to day
Is always done to late.
Preface to Hunting of the Snark
Preface to Hunting of the Snark
PREFACE
Ifand
the thing is wildly possiblethe
charge of writing
nonsense were ever brough…
Photography Extraordinary
Photography Extraordinary
The MilkandWater
School
Alas! she would not hear my prayer!
Yet it were rash to tear my hair;
Disfigure…
Phantasmagoria CANTO VI ( Dyscomfyture )
Phantasmagoria CANTO VI ( Dyscomfyture )
As one who strives a hill to climb,
Who never climbed before:
Who finds it, in a little time,
Gr…
Phantasmagoria CANTO IV ( Hys Nouryture )
Phantasmagoria CANTO IV ( Hys Nouryture )
"OH, when I was a little Ghost,
A merry time had we!
Each seated on his favourite post,
We chum…
My Fancy
My Fancy
I painted her a gushing thing,
With years about a score;
I little thought to find they were
A least a dozen more;
My fan…
Phantasmagoria CANTO II ( Hys Fyve Rules )
Phantasmagoria CANTO II ( Hys Fyve Rules )
"MY First but
don't suppose," he said,
"I'm setting you a riddle Is
if
your Victim be …
Melancholetta
Melancholetta
With saddest music all day long
She soothed her secret sorrow:
At night she sighed "I fear 'twas wrong
Such cheerfu…
Little Birds
Little Birds
Little Birds are dining
Warily and well,
Hid in mossy cell:
Hid, I say, by waiters
Gorgeous in their gaiters I've
I'll Tell Thee Everything I Can
I'll Tell Thee Everything I Can
I'll tell thee everything I can;
There's little to relate,
I saw an aged, aged man,
Asitting
on a…
Lays of Sorrow
Lays of Sorrow
The day was wet, the rain fell souse
Like jars of strawberry jam, [1] a
sound was heard in the old henhouse,
A beating of …
Four Riddles
Four Riddles
I
There was an ancient City, stricken down
With a strange frenzy, and for many a day
They paced from morn to eve the…
Fit the Sixth ( Hunting of the Snark )
Fit the Sixth ( Hunting of the Snark )
The Barrister's Dream
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with…
Fit the Second ( Hunting of the Snark )
Fit the Second ( Hunting of the Snark )
The Bellman's Speech
The Bellman himself they all praised to the skiesSuch
a carriage, such ease …
Fit the First: ( Hunting of the Snark )
Fit the First: ( Hunting of the Snark )
The Landing
"Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;