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11095Squash,"Do you think Mr. Corn overhears What we say when we talk Of his self- conscious stalk, And his moving Miss Melon to tears?"
11095[ Illustration: The Miser] DR. KEY''S ANSWER"Shine?"
11095[ Illustration: The Refusal] A HOPELESS CASE"What is the use?"
27175Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages?
27175[ Illustration] How shall I hunt this quadruped?
27175[ Illustration] The Polar Bear The Polar Bear is unaware Of cold that cuts me through: For why?
27176would you slap the Porcupine?
27182***** But what is this?
27182Lord Henry Chase What happened to Lord Henry Chase?
27182Trust your Papa and name the sum.... WHAT?
27182[ Illustration]..._ Fifteen hundred thousand?_... Hum!
46691***** I wonder if Labby Has read"Northanger Abbey?"
30656A Co- tangent harmonious Loop You appear to be facing due South But O what have you done with your Mouth?
30656It is a pity, of course; but what can you expect?
30656PARISIAN NECTAR for the Gods; A little thick-- but what''s the odds?
30656So every one got a present again''Cept Willie an''Wallie an''Huldy an''Jane-- An''it served''em right, do n''t you think?
30656The Story''s told-- is it in vain?
30656Well, I thot Rats, what''s the difference?
30656What would we do if the thing should sneeze?"
36321''Tis more persuasive and as sure As( shall we say?)
36321( How could she so forget good breeding?)
36321Accept these verses then, I pray, Disarming press and public too, For what can hostile critics say?
36321And how he put his life to stake, For Principle and Country''s sake?
36321Footnotes:[ A] NOTE.--"_Lors, dit- on, quand il jouait Handel Le jeu ne valait pas la chandelle._"[ B] PUBLISHER''S READER--"_Pied- a- terre_"?
36321Most fortunate shall I be then Of mortal men; For what more happiness ensures Than work in service such as Yours?
36321What else is left for them to do, Because of You, But view with kindness this collection, Which bears the seal of Your protection?
36321_ Joan of Arc_ From Pimlico to Central Park, From Timbuctoo to Rotten Row, Who has not heard of Joan of Arc, His tragic tale who does not know?
36782A Cockney Chiel who found him thus, And showed some conjugal alarm, When Burns implored him not to fuss, Enquiring calmly,"Where''s the harm?"
36782Not his, suppose Hall Caine should walk All unannounced into the room, To say, like pressmen of New York,"Er-- Mr. Shakespeare, I presoom?"
36782O fellow Scotsman, near and far, Renowned for health and good digestion, For all that makes you what you are,--( But are you really?
36782So much of tenderness and grace Confined in such a slender space?
36782Was ever set so huge a heart Within so small a frame?
36782What matter doubts, despair or sorrow?
36782Who is he?
36782Would you quarrel with my moral?
36782Yes,"_ autre temps_"and"_ autre moeurs_,""_ Où sont_ indeed_ les neiges d''antan_?"
20353And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? 20353 Oh, holy father,"Alice said,"''twould grieve you, would it not?
20353The night is fine,the Walrus said,"Do you admire the view?"
2035310 There was an old person of Ware, Who rode on the back of a bear; When they asked,"Does it trot?"
203534 There was a Young Lady of Norway, Who casually sat in a doorway; When the door squeezed her flat, she exclaimed"What of that?"
203537 There was an old man who said,"How Shall I flee from this horrible Cow?
20353Bees, Who was stung in the arm by a wasp: When they asked,"Does it hurt?"
20353But do they re- al- ly com- pre- hend What Scho- pen- hau- er''s driving at?
20353Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
20353He answered,"My queen Is it manners you mean, Or do you refer to my figure?"
20353Oh, not at all; but what of that?
20353Shall we be trotting home again?"
20353Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife?"
20353The padre said,"Whatever have you been and gone and done?"
20353When they said,"Is it small?"
20353Will you please to go away?
20353[_ George du Maurier_ NONSENSE VERSES 1 There was a small boy of Quebec, Who was buried in snow to his neck: When they said,"Are you friz?"
20353wo n''t they be soon upset, you know?
26478A what?
26478Ad was n''t i d beade?
26478And are they always obliged to wear those horrible wire cages over their heads?
26478And is that his Majesty at the other end of the room?
26478And she''s so fond of fish too, as a rule, ai n''t she, mum?
26478Anything else?
26478Are they born with wheels on, or do they grow afterwards?
26478But I assure you that--"How was your friend dressed?
26478But are you sure that gentlemen wear these sort of things?
26478But what does it all mean, Putchy?
26478But what is a surprise party?
26478By steamer?
26478By train?
26478Dear me,I exclaimed in alarm,"I do n''t think my housekeeper could possibly--""Why not ask her?"
26478Detached?
26478Did he drive?--or come on a bicycle, or walk?
26478Did you see the Armoury at the Tower?
26478Did you see the Lions?
26478Did you see the Sleeping Beauty?
26478Do n''t you take any other newspapers than these?
26478Do you think she will see me? 26478 Does your Majesty mean that you received no education at all?"
26478Does your Majesty remember any of the incidents of your early life?
26478Er- er- how do you do?
26478Fod of fish?
26478Good gracious,I replied,"and does he pay you well for them?"
26478Have n''t you had any rain here?
26478Have you really never seen any before?
26478Heard the news?
26478His Majesty of Why, sir? 26478 His name?
26478How did he come?
26478How did you enjoy the Academy?
26478How did you go?
26478How much do you want?
26478How much is the entrance fee to the Academy?
26478How much will you give me for telling you?
26478I suppose her Majesty has a crown of her own, has n''t she?
26478I suppose you can manage to put us up here for a month or two?
26478I''d never met a single one of Henry the Eighth''s wives in my life, and how was I to recognize them?
26478If a person is not attached to anyone else, they are detached, I suppose, are they not?
26478Is n''t it affecting?
26478Is n''t it now?
26478No?
26478Oh, please, sir, will you go down? 26478 Oh,_ how_ do you do?
26478Shall I really see the Queen of England?
26478The most important question for the moment is, where are we all going to sleep?
26478There were n''t any; you did n''t see any, did you?
26478They have to catch dogs for a living?
26478To Hammersmith?
26478Well, candidly, I''m afraid not very much,I replied;"and what on earth do you call it an ode for?"
26478Well, how was I to know?
26478Well, then, how do you suppose that I am going to manage? 26478 Well, what is an armoury?"
26478Well, where were the names of the stations then?
26478Well, why do n''t you go to the Public Library then?
26478Well, why do n''t you see that we get it then? 26478 What are they doing here at all?"
26478What did he say a critic was?
26478What do you mead?
26478What do you mean?
26478What does he say?
26478What ever do you mean?
26478What for?
26478What is it?
26478What is your favourite diet, your Majesty?
26478What on earth do you mean?
26478What were they? 26478 What''s his name?"
26478What''s his name?
26478What''s in the big box?
26478What''s that?
26478Whatever is that; I do n''t think it was mentioned on the cards of invitation, was it?
26478Where did he come from?
26478Where did the engine go?
26478Where is it then?
26478Where were you educated, your Majesty?
26478Where''s the Wallypug?
26478Whoever do you mean?
26478Why do n''t they call things by their proper names then? 26478 Why not?"
26478Why? 26478 Yes, but who was to know which were wax figures and which were not?"
26478Yes; you said she wore a train, did n''t you?
26478You mean, has she a sweetheart? 26478 --_Pall Mall Gazette._# J. Maclaren Cobban.# WILT THOU HAVE THIS WOMAN? 26478 And can you tell me why, good sir, The birds receive no pay For singing sweetly in the grove Throughout the livelong day? 26478 Are you going to give me a letter or not?
26478CHAPTER III SUNDRY SMALL HAPPENINGS Whatever could it all mean?
26478Can you kindly inform me is she detached?"
26478Can you tell me how I can set to work about it?"
26478Could you make out what he was driving at?"
26478Dear me, and shall I be presented to his Majesty?"
26478Do people ever get paid for writing poetry?"
26478Do you remember?"
26478Do you think that we could manage anyhow to find room for them, for a few days at any rate?"
26478I cried,"whatever do you mean?"
26478I replied,"and what is all this crowd doing here?"
26478Must I keep my crown on or take it off?"
26478Now then,"he continued,"how much are you going to pay us for staying with you?"
26478Of course we must do our best, and how fortunate that I put on my best gown to- day, is n''t it?
26478Surely that''s not correct, is it?"
26478They tell me, dear, you have no feet; But what is that to me?
26478What am I to do with all the beautiful Christmas and New Year''s cards which I have received?
26478What could have become of him?
26478What could it all mean?
26478What do you think of it?"
26478What have you brought, may I ask, your Grace?"
26478What is he?"
26478What is it?"
26478What marmalade in fancy pot Or cream meringue, though fair it be, Thine image e''er can mar or blot?
26478What must I say?
26478Whatever was happening?
26478Whatever was to be done?
26478Whatever were they up to?
26478Where did the man, or Wallypug, or whatever you call him, come from?"
26478Where is it?"
26478Who could he be?
26478Who knows?
26478Why doth the little busy bee Not charge so much an hour, For gathering honey day by day From every opening flower?
26478Will she bow to me?
26478Would n''t you like to know what they are all about, eh?"
26478You are the gentleman, I think, who is to introduce me to his Majesty, are you not?"
26478You had better go and make yourself tidy, had n''t you?"
26478You''re surely not so mean as to mind tenpence, are you?"
26478[ Illustration: THE FINISH]"I suppose we ca n''t stick it together again?"
26478[ Illustration:"ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME A LETTER OR NOT?"]
26478[ Illustration:"WALK UP, WALK UP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN"]"What do you mean?"
26478by the bye, I might call it''A Toad''s Ode,''might n''t I?
26478discount for cash, 3 6 2--------- £26 4 11"What do you mean by moral deterioration?"
26478do they?"
26478do you?"
26478nothing could be fairer than that, could it?"
26478oh, what will become of us?"
26478she exclaimed directly she saw me,"what do you think?
26478what ever for?"
26478would n''t you like to know?"
9380''Oh, boatswain, down in the for''ard hold What water do you find?'' 9380 ''Oh, how does our good ship head to- night?
9380''Oh, what does the quadrant indicate? 9380 And do fish bite?
9380And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? 9380 Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?"
9380Did I o''ercharge him a ha''penny? 9380 If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose,"the Walrus said,"That they could get it clear?"
9380Oh, holy father,Alice said,"''twould grieve you, would it not?
9380Race? 9380 The night is fine,"the Walrus said,"Do you admire the view?"
9380Then why, O, Cumberbunce,I cried,"Did you come walking at my side And ask me if you, please, might sing, When you could not warble anything?"
9380Who are you, aged man?
9380You boast indeed of your wonderful speed-- but what is the boasting worth? 9380 ''What, no soap?'' 9380 ( Is n''t it, old Fatchops? 9380 --Or what? 9380 A THRENODY What, what, what, What''s the news from Swat? 9380 Ai n''t he cute? 9380 Ai n''t you sorry for him? 9380 Am I not as wild as the wind and more crazy? 9380 And I have said, my little Will, Why should not he continue still A thing of Nature''s rearing? 9380 And I said,Oh, gentle pieman, why so very, very merry?
9380And I-- was I brusque and surly?
9380And I?
9380And as for my hair, Do you think I should care To comb it at night with my toes?
9380And colics?
9380And how does the sextant stand?''
9380And must we really part for good, But meet again here where we''ve stood?
9380And now it''s taken wing; I s''pose no man before or since Dreamt such a funny thing?
9380And who can wonder that it made That loving creature cry?
9380And yet, why should I clasp the earthful urn?
9380Art on the chokesome cherry bent?
9380Art thou a Buddhist, or dost thou indeed Put faith in the monstrous Mohammedan creed?
9380Art thou a Ghebir-- a blinded Parsee?
9380Art thou not greater who art less?
9380As I mentioned before, by what light is it lighted?
9380At night if he suddenly screams and wakes, Do they bring him only a few small cakes, or a Lot, For the Ahkond of Swat?
9380At penny- a- lining make your whack, Or with the mummers mug and gag?
9380BUZ, QUOTH THE BLUE FLY Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee, Buz and hum they cry, And so do we: In his ear, in his nose, thus, do you see?
9380Bees, Who was stung in the arm by a wasp; When they asked,"Does it hurt?"
9380Bene, satis, male_,-- Where was I with my trope''bout one in a quag?
9380Burns gives us: Ken ye aught o''Captain Grose?
9380But do they re- al- ly com- pre- hend What Scho- pen- hau- er''s driv- ing at?
9380But is n''t he wise-- To jes''dream of stars, as the doctors advise?"
9380But shall I see thee far beyond the sun, When the new dawn lights Empyrean scenes?
9380But what to me are woven clouds, or what, If dames from spiders learn to warp their looms?
9380Can he talk nonsense?"
9380Can he write a letter concisely clear, Without a speck or a smudge or smear or Blot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Can it be on an errand she hath delayed?
9380De win''she blow from nor''-eas''-wes'',-- De sout''win''she blow too, Wen Rosie cry,"Mon cher captinne, Mon cher, w''at I shall do?"
9380Delicate hands, unaccustom''d to reels, To set''em working a poor body''s wheels?
9380Did they explain and render hazier The policies of Central Asia?
9380Do his people like him extremely well?
9380Do his people prig in the lanes or park?
9380Does Fiction mend where Fact has mauled?
9380Does he beat his wife with a gold- topped pipe, When she lets the gooseberries grow too ripe, or Rot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Does he drink his soup and his coffee cold, or Hot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Does he drink small beer from a silver jug?
9380Does he like new cream, and hate mince- pies?
9380Does he like to sit by the calm blue wave?
9380Does he live on turnips, tea or tripe, Does he like his shawl to be marked with a stripe or a Dot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Does he sail about on an inland lake, in a Yacht, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Does he sing or whistle, jabber or talk, And when riding abroad does he gallop or walk, or Trot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Does he sit on a stool or sofa or chair, or Squat, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Does he sleep on a mattress, a bed or a mat, or a Cot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Does he study the wants of his own dominion?
9380Does he teach his subjects to roast and bake?
9380Does he wear a turban, a fez or a hat?
9380Does he wear a white tie when he dines with his friends, And tie it neat in a bow with ends, or a Knot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Dost seek the chestnut burr?
9380Dost thou remember Jeames?
9380Dost thou remember Jeames?
9380Doubt is faith in the main; but faith, on the whole, is doubt; We can not believe by proof; but could we believe without?
9380FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA, OR THE GENTLE PIEMAN*****"Love you?"
9380For instance, take a case like this: Is fancied kick a real kiss, Or rather the reverse?
9380For the Ahkoond I mourn, Who would n''t?
9380Go double or quits?
9380Had I lost at that awful juncture my presence of mind?
9380Has Death its wisest victims called When idiots are born?
9380Hast thou no garland for this aching head That soon so low must be?
9380Hast thou no pity?
9380He sent them word I had not gone( We know it to be true); If she should push the matter on, What would become of you?
9380Hear''st not the billow''s solemn roar, That echoes through the vaults of night?
9380Her hair, was it quaintly curly, Or as straight as a beadle''s wand?
9380Her teeth, I presume, were"pearly": But which was she, brunette or blonde?
9380His rival, but in what?
9380How do you melt the multy swag?
9380How heads our gallant craft?''
9380I can not recall her figure: Was it regal as Juno''s own?
9380I said,"And how is it you live?"
9380I see a goose ring a hog, And a snail that bit a dog; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now?
9380I see a goose ring a hog, Who''s the fool now?
9380I see a hare chase a hound, Twenty mile above the ground; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now?
9380I see a hare chase a hound, Who''s the fool now?
9380I see a man in the moon, Clouting of St. Peter''s shoon, Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now?
9380I see a man in the moon, Who''s the fool now?
9380I see a mouse catch the cat, And the cheese to eat the rat; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now?
9380I see a mouse catch the cat, Who''s the fool now?
9380I see a sheep shearing corn, And a cuckoo blow his horn; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now?
9380I see a sheep shearing corn, Who''s the fool now?
9380III Ah, how can fear sit and hear as love hears it grief''s heart''s cracked grate''s screech?
9380IMERICKS There was an old person of Ware Who rode on the back of a bear; When they said,"Does it trot?"
9380If coal- black ghosts turn soldiers for the State, With wooden eyes, and lightning- rods for plumes?
9380If he catches them then, either old or young, Does he have them chopped in pieces or hung, or Shot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380If so, who will change it?
9380Igo and ago, If he''s''mang his freens or foes?
9380Igo and ago; And eaten like a weather haggis?
9380In February, eighteen sixty nine, Alexandrina Victoria, Fidei, Hm-- hm-- how runs the jargon?
9380In the height of the height, in the depth of the deep?
9380Is he quiet, or always making a fuss?
9380Is he slain by Highlan''bodies?
9380Is he tall or short, or dark or fair?
9380Is he wise or foolish, young or old?
9380Is his steward a Swiss or a Swede or a Russ, or a Scot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Is it a mayor that a mother has knighted, Or is it a horse of the sun and the day?
9380Is it a pony?
9380Is it fourpence, or piebald, or gray?
9380Is it purity of conscience, or your one- and- seven sherry?"
9380Is it the gibber of gungs and keeks?
9380Is plenitude of passion palled By poverty of scorn?
9380Is present pain a future bliss, Or is it something worse?
9380Is she afraid Of the hound that howls, or the moaning mole?
9380Is there no music in the trees To charm thee with its frolic mirth?
9380Is this your love so warm?
9380Is_ all_ forgot?
9380It is by the author of''As in a looking- Glass,''is it not?"
9380JOHN JONES_ At the Piano_ I Love me and leave me; what love bids retrieve me?
9380Khabu, did there come great fear On thy Khabuldozed Ameer Ali Shere?
9380Low love fulfilled of low success?
9380Made they mots, as"There to- day are No more Himalayehs,"Or, if you prefer it,"There to- day are No more Himalaya"?
9380Martin said to his man, Fill thou the cup, and I the can; Thou hast well drunken, man: Who''s the fool now?
9380Must Care''s wan phantom still beguile And chain thee to the stubborn earth?
9380Must I darkly tread The unknown paths that lead me wide from thee?
9380My soul, in desolate eclipse, With recollection teems-- And then I hask, with weeping lips, Dost thou remember Jeames?
9380Namely, in life they rivals were, or foes, And in their deaths not very much divided?
9380No sigh?
9380No smile?
9380No sound?
9380Not understood?
9380O joy to pluck it from the ground, To view the purple sac, To touch the sessile stigma''s round-- And shall I then turn back?
9380ON THE ROAD Said Folly to Wisdom,"Pray, where are we going?"
9380Oh, Martin said to his man, Who''s the fool now?
9380Oh, let us be married; too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?"
9380Oh, not at all; but what of that?
9380Oh, the Ahkond of Swat?
9380Oi, said the Akhoond,"Sah, L''État de Swat c''est moi"?
9380Or a bowl?
9380Or choose to chase the cheese around the churn?
9380Or did the Khan of far Kashgar Tremble at the menace hot Of the Moolla of Kotal,"I will extirpate thee, pal Of my foe the Akhoond of Swat"?
9380Or do they, whenever they can, rebel, or Plot, At the Ahkond of Swat?
9380Or does n''t he care for public opinion a Jot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Or even at times, when days are dark, Garotte?
9380Or fake the broads?
9380Or find the frittered fig that felt the fast?
9380Or get the straight, and land your pot?
9380Or her uncle?
9380Or made each in the cabinet his mark Kotalese Gortschakoff, Swattish Bismarck?
9380Or only a trifle bigger Than the elves who surround the throne Of the Faëry Queen, and are seen, I ween, By mortals in dreams alone?
9380Or oppressively bland and fond?
9380Or pitch a snide?
9380Or swallow any pill from out the past?
9380Or thimble- rig?
9380Or to sleep and snore in a dark green cave, or a Grott, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380Or were wails despairing caught, as The burghers pale of Swat Cried in panic,"Moolla ad Portas"?
9380Or why did we twain abscond, All breakfastless too, from the public view To prowl by a misty pond?
9380POOR DEAR GRANDPAPA What is the matter with Grandpapa?
9380Polkam jungere, Virgo, vis, Will you join the Polka, Miss?
9380Put case I had n''t''em on me, could I ha''bought This sort- o''-kind- o''-what- you- might- call- toy, This pebble- thing, o''the boy- thing?
9380SHE''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 suffered most?
9380Said Folly to Wisdom,"Then what shall we do?"
9380Say shall Destruction''s lava load the gale, The furnace quiver and the mountain quail?
9380Say shall the son of Sympathy pretend His cedar fragrance with our Chiefs to blend?
9380See?
9380Shall I bribe with a store of minted metal?
9380Shall the price of a slave be its treasure to keep?
9380Shall the sea-- storm declare it, or paint it, or smell it?
9380Shall we be trotting home again?"
9380Sing, my Cumberbunce?
9380Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife?"
9380So thy dear eyes and thy kind lips but say-- Ere from his cerements Timon seems to flit:"What of the reaper grim with sickle keen?"
9380Suppose you duff?
9380Suppose you try a different tack, And on the square you flash your flag?
9380Susan''s papa was greatly vexed, And he said to Susan,"My dear, what next?"
9380THE AHKOND OF SWAT Who, or why, or which, or_ what_, Is the Ahkond of Swat?
9380THE HIPPOPOTAMUS"Oh, say, what is this fearful, wild, Incorrigible cuss?"
9380THE NOBLE TUCK- MAN Americus, as he did wend With A. J. Mortimer, his chum, The two were greeted by a friend,"And how are you, boys, Hi, Ho, Hum?"
9380THE SORROWS OF WERTHER Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her?
9380THERE WAS A FROG There was a frog swum in the lake, The crab came crawling by:"Wilt thou,"coth the frog,"be my make?"
9380The Ahkond of Swat?
9380The padre said,"Whatever have you been and gone and done?"
9380Then the hand that reposed so snugly In mine-- was it plump or spare?
9380There once was a man who said,"How Shall I manage to carry my cow?
9380There once was an old man of Lyme Who married three wives at a time; When asked,"Why a third?"
9380There was a young maid who said,"Why Ca n''t I look in my ear with my eye?
9380There was an old man who said,"Do Tell me how I''m to add two and two?
9380There you sit snoring, forgetting her ills; Who is to give her her Bolus and Pills?
9380To amuse his mind do his people show him Pictures, or any one''s last new poem, or What, For the Ahkond of Swat?
9380Two bright stars Peep''d into the shell, What are they dreaming of?
9380VILLON''S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES"_ Tout aux tavernes et aux fiells_"Suppose you screeve?
9380WILD FLOWERS"Of what are you afraid, my child?"
9380Was I haply the lady''s suitor?
9380Was I partial to rising early?
9380Was Kotal''s proud citadel-- Bastioned, and demi- luned, Beaten down with shot and shell By the guns of the Akhoond?
9380Was it in the tented field With crash of sword on shield, While backward meaner champions reeled And loud the tom- tom pealed?
9380Was the countenance fair or ugly?
9380Was the transaction illegal?
9380Well, as I looked upon the thing, It murmured,"Please, sir, can I sing?"
9380What boots to fall again forlorn?
9380What can the matter be?
9380What do you think the bride was dressed in?
9380What do you think they had for a fiddle?
9380What do you think they had for supper?
9380What do you think was the tune they danced to?
9380What is a race"( and a mocking face had Jill as she spake the word)"Unless for a prize the runner tries?
9380What is so simple as primitive Monkeydom Born in the sea with a cold in its head?
9380What matters now?
9380What profits it to rise i''the dark?
9380What ship could live in such a sea?
9380What though on pinions of the blast The sea- gulls sweep with leaden flight?
9380What though the watery caverns deep Gleam ghostly on the wandering sight?
9380What thunder shall tell it?
9380What vessel bear the shock?
9380What wail of smitten strings hear we?
9380When he heard the shot he quickly arose, And while he stood upon his toes, The coffee fell and burned his nose;"Oh dear,"he cried,"what burns me so?"
9380When he looks at the sun does he wink his eyes, or Not, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380When he writes a copy in round- hand size, Does he cross his t''s and finish his i''s with a Dot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380When they said,"Is it small?"
9380Wherein did the deceased Akhoond of Swat Kotal''s lamented Moolla late, As it were, emulate?
9380Who can tell?
9380Who knows Of Moolla and Akhoond aught more than I did?
9380Why do I sit in the moonshade, while the eye- star mocks me while I ask what I am?
9380Why doth she warble not?
9380Why, and whither, and how?
9380Why?
9380Why?
9380Will you please to go away?
9380With Everton toffee thee persuade?
9380Wo n''t you accept such plain doctrines instead?
9380You are amazed that I could tell The creature''s name so quickly?
9380_ Excessit, evasit, erupit_--off slogs boy; Off like bird,_ avi similis_--(you observed The dative?
9380_ London, 1662__ IF_ If all the land were apple- pie, And all the sea were ink; And all the trees were bread and cheese, What should we do for drink?
9380_ MARTIN LUTHER AT POTSDAM_ What lightning shall light it?
9380_ Pale Studént_: The wooden- chuck is next of kin Unto the wood- peckére: I fear not thine ill- boding din, And why should I fear her?
9380_ THE COCK AND THE BULL_ You see this pebble- stone?
9380_ YE LAYE OF YE WOODPECKORE__ Picus Erythrocephalus_: O whither goest thou, pale studént Within the wood so fur?
9380adder- like, now bloom bursts bladder- like,-- bloom frost bequeathed?
9380can June''s fist grasp May?
9380cried she,"what shall I do?"
9380down a horrible volcano?"
9380for how canst thou hope To have such a stomach as it?
9380for who shall decide The depths of his badgerly soul?
9380has it come to this pass?"
9380is n''t he a curious bird, that red, long- leg''d Flamingo?
9380my Child, where is the Pen That can do Justice to the Hen?
9380or a Pot, The Ahkond of Swat?
9380or a cup?
9380or a glass?
9380or a mug?
9380or fig a nag?
9380or go cheap- jack?
9380or knap a yack?
9380or nose and lag?
9380or smash a rag?
9380see''st thou not the torrent''s flash Far shooting o''er the mountain height?
9380she exclaimed,"how_ can_ you try An honest Moon this way?
9380such a funny thing-- And now it''s taken wing; I s''pose no man before or since Dreamt such a funny thing?
9380tell me did you ever see a bird so funny stand- o When forth he from the water comes and gets upon the land- o?
9380tell me have you ever seen a red, long- leg''d Flamingo?
9380tell me have you ever yet seen him the water in go?
9380what shall save the soul, When cobblers ask three dollars for their shoes?
9380what''s the odds?"
9380who can feel the crimson ecstasy That soothes with bickering jar the Glorious Tree?
9380who is he that sneaks along Into South Middle''s door?
9380why am I what I am, And why am I anything?
9380wo n''t they soon be upset, you know?