"How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff! Some think him ill-tempered and queer, But a fe…"

"His mind is concrete and fastidious, His nose is remarkably big; His visage is more or less hideous, His beard it res…"

"Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And…"

"They went to sea in a sieve, they did; In a sieve they went to sea; In spite of all their friends could say."

"Calico Pie, The little Birds fly Down to the calico tree, Their wings were blue, And they sang "Tilly-loo!" Till away…"

"Calico Jam, The little Fish swam, Over the syllabub sea, He took off his hat, To the Sole and the Sprat, And the Will…"

"Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akond of Swat?"

"When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights. When th…"

"The Pobble who has no toes Had once as many as we; When they said, "Some day you may lose them all;"— He replied, — "…"

"There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Hav…"