CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

JABBERWOCKY

MORS IABROCHII

THE NYUM-NYUM

UFFIA

SPIRK TROLL-DERISIVE

THE WHANGO TREE

SING FOR THE GARISH EYE

THE CRUISE OF THE "P.C."

TO MARIE

LUNAR STANZAS

NONSENSE

SONNET FOUND IN A DESERTED MAD HOUSE

THE OCEAN WANDERER

SHE'S ALL MY FANCY PAINTED HIM

MY RECOLLECTEST THOUGHTS

FATHER WILLIAM

IN THE GLOAMING

BALLAD OF BEDLAM

'TIS SWEET TO ROAM

HYMN TO THE SUNRISE

'TIS MIDNIGHT

UPRISING SEE THE FITFUL LARK

LIKE TO THE THUNDERING TONE

MY DREAM

MY HOME

IN IMMEMORIAM

THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL

DARWINITY

SONG OF THE SCREW

MOORLANDS OF THE NOT

METAPHYSICS

ABSTROSOPHY

ABSTEMIA

PSYCHOLOPHON

TIMON OF ARCHIMEDES

ALONE

LINES BY A MEDIUM

TRANSCENDENTALISM

INDIFFERENCE

HEART-FOAM

COSSIMBAZAR

THE PERSONIFIED SENTIMENTAL

A CLASSIC ODE

WHERE AVALANCHES WAIL

BLUE MOONSHINE

NONSENSE

SUPERIOR NONSENSE VERSES

WHEN MOONLIKE ORE THE HAZURE SEAS

LINES BY A PERSON OF QUALITY

FRANGIPANNI

LINES BY A FOND LOVER

FORCING A WAY

THY HEART

A LOVE-SONG BY A LUNATIC

THE PARTERRE

TO MOLLIDUSTA

JOHN JONES

THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT

A BALLADE OF THE NURSERIE

ENVOI

A BALLAD OF HIGH ENDEAVOR

THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG

OH! WEARY MOTHER

SWISS AIR

THE BULBUL

BALLAD

OH, MY GERALDINE

BUZ, QUOTH THE BLUE FLY

A SONG ON KING WILLIAM III

THERE WAS A MONKEY

THE GUINEA PIG

THREE CHILDREN

IF

A RIDDLE

THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN

THREE ACRES OF LAND

MASTER AND MAN

HYDER IDDLE

KING ARTHUR

IN THE DUMPS

TWEEDLE-DUM AND TWEEDLE-DEE

MARTIN TO HIS MAN

THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO

III

IV

VI

VII

VIII

THE POBBLE WHO HAS NO TOES

THE JUMBLIES

INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MY UNCLE ARLY

LINES TO A YOUNG LADY

WAYS AND MEANS

THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER

THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK

SYLVIE AND BRUNO

GENTLE ALICE BROWN

THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB

FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA, OR THE GENTLE PIEMAN

GENERAL JOHN

LITTLE BILLEE

THE WRECK OF THE "JULIE PLANTE"

THE SHIPWRECK

A SAILOR'S YARN

THE WALLOPING WINDOW-BLIND

THE ROLLICKING MASTODON

THE SILVER QUESTION

THE SINGULAR SANGFROID OF BABY BUNTING

FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY

THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN

MALUM OPUS

ÆSTIVATION

A HOLIDAY TASK

PUER EX JERSEY

THE LITTLE PEACH

YE LAYE OF YE WOODPECKORE

COLLUSION BETWEEN A ALEGAITER AND A WATER-SNAIK

ODD TO A KROKIS

SOME VERSES TO SNAIX

A GREAT MAN

AN ELEGY

PARSON GRAY

AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG

THE WONDERFUL OLD MAN

A CHRONICLE

ON THE OXFORD CARRIER

NEPHELIDIA

MARTIN LUTHER AT POTSDAM

COMPANIONS

THE COCK AND THE BULL

LOVERS AND A REFLECTION

AN IMITATION OF WORDSWORTH

THE FAMOUS BALLAD OF THE JUBILEE CUP

A SONG OF IMPOSSIBILITIES

TRUST IN WOMEN

HERE IS THE TALE

THE AULD WIFE

NOT I

MINNIE AND WINNIE

THE MAYOR OF SCUTTLETON

THE PURPLE COW

THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE

THE LAZY ROOF

MY FEET

THE HEN

THE COW

THE CHIMPANZEE

THE HIPPOPOTAMUS

THE PLATYPUS

SOME GEESE

THE FLAMINGO

FIRST VOICE.

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS

SAGE COUNSEL

OF BAITING THE LION

THE FROG

THE YAK

THE PYTHON

THE BISON

THE PANTHER

THE MONKEY'S GLUE

THERE WAS A FROG

THE BLOATED BIGGABOON

WILD FLOWERS

TIMID HORTENSE

HER POLKA DOTS

HER DAIRY

TURVEY TOP

WHAT THE PRINCE OF I DREAMT

THE DINKEY-BIRD

THE MAN IN THE MOON

THE STORY OF PYRAMID THOTHMES

THE STORY OF CRUEL PSAMTEK

THE CUMBERBUNCE

THE AHKOND OF SWAT

A THRENODY

DIRGE OF THE MOOLLA OF KOTAL

II.

III.

RUSSIAN AND TURK

LINES TO MISS FLORENCE HUNTINGDON

COBBE'S PROPHECIES

AN UNSUSPECTED FACT

THE SORROWS OF WERTHER

NONSENSE VERSES

THE NOBLE TUCK-MAN

THE PESSIMIST

THE MODERN HIAWATHA

ON THE ROAD

UNCLE SIMON AND UNCLE JIM

POOR DEAR GRANDPAPA

THE SEA-SERPENT

MELANCHOLIA

THE MONKEY'S WEDDING

MR. FINNEY'S TURNIP

THE SUN

THE AUTUMN LEAVES

IN THE NIGHT

POOR BROTHER

THE BOY

THE SEA

THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL

FIN DE SIÈCLE

MARY JANE

TENDER-HEARTEDNESS

IMPETUOUS SAMUEL

MISFORTUNES NEVER COME SINGLY

AUNT ELIZA

SUSAN

BABY AND MARY

THE SUNBEAM

LITTLE WILLIE

MARY AMES

MUDDLED METAPHORS

VILLON'S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES

ODE TO THE HUMAN HEART

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