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diff --git a/34906-8.txt b/34906-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31f2ba3 --- /dev/null +++ b/34906-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1368 @@ +Project Gutenberg's The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses, by Edward Lear + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses + +Author: Edward Lear + +Illustrator: L. Leslie Brooke + +Release Date: January 10, 2011 [EBook #34906] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE JUMBLIES AND OTHER *** + + + + +Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive.) + + + + + + + + + + THE JUMBLIES + _AND OTHER NONSENSE VERSES_ + + + _BY EDWARD LEAR_ + + _WITH DRAWINGS BY LESLIE BROOKE_ + + + + + THE JUMBLIES AND OTHER NONSENSE VERSES + BY EDWARD LEAR + AUTHOR OF 'THE BOOK OF NONSENSE' + + WITH DRAWINGS BY L. LESLIE BROOKE + + FREDERICK WARNE AND CO LTD. + LONDON NEW YORK + + + + +INTRODUCTORY. + + +Encouraged by the cordial reception extended by Press and Public to their +issue of the "Pelican Chorus and Other Nonsense Verses by Edward Lear," +newly illustrated, the Publishers have requested the Artist, Mr. L. Leslie +Brooke, to do a similar service for a further selection from Lear's +Nonsense Songs, thus practically completing them. In addition to "The +Jumblies," which has been adopted as the titular piece, this volume +includes such prime favourites as "The Owl and the Pussy Cat," "The Duck +and the Kangaroo," and "The Dong with a Luminous Nose." For the benefit of +those whose memories of the Nonsense Songs are not as fresh as they should +be, it may be repeated that Mr. Lear did not illustrate them as fully as +was his custom; some, indeed, had no drawings at all, and others merely a +headpiece. The Publishers feel, therefore, that in re-issuing the songs +adequately illustrated, they are but bringing them into line with Mr. +Lear's other works. + +Oliver Wendell Holmes has said in a well-known poem, that-- + + "There is nothing that keeps its youth-- + So far as I know--but a tree and truth." + +He might have added certain writings; and among those that are as fresh +to-day as when they were written are the Nonsense Books of Edward Lear. +Several generations of children--old as well as young--have already "drunk +delight" from them, and it is tolerably safe to prophesy that many +editions will yet be demanded. But whatever new form the changing public +taste may cause them to take, they will remain as fresh to the end as they +are to-day. It was one of these books that John Ruskin declared to be "the +most beneficent and innocent of all books yet produced." And of the author +he said: "I really don't know any author to whom I am half so grateful for +my idle self as Edward Lear." This is very high praise from such a source; +and in the hope that similar pleasure may be given to many new readers +this new edition of the Nonsense Songs is issued. + + + + +CONTENTS. + + + THE JUMBLIES. + + THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT. + + THE BROOM, THE SHOVEL, THE POKER AND THE TONGS. + + THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO. + + THE CUMMERBUND. + + THE DONG WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE. + + THE NEW VESTMENTS. + + CALICO PIE. + + THE COURTSHIP OF THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BÒ. + + INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MY UNCLE ARLY. + + + + +THE JUMBLIES. + + +I. + + They went to sea in a Sieve, they did, + In a Sieve they went to sea: + In spite of all their friends could say, + On a winter's morn, on a stormy day, + In a Sieve they went to sea! + And when the Sieve turned round and round, + And every one cried, "You'll all be drowned!" + They cried aloud, "Our Sieve ain't big, + But we don't care a button, we don't care a fig! + In a Sieve we'll go to sea!" + 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. + + +II. + + They sailed away in a Sieve, they did, + In a Sieve they sailed so fast, + With only a beautiful pea-green veil + Tied with a riband, by way of a sail, + To a small tobacco-pipe mast; + And every one said, who saw them go, + "O won't they be soon upset, you know! + For the sky is dark, and the voyage is long, + And happen what may, it's extremely wrong + In a Sieve to sail so fast!" + 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. + + +III. + + The water it soon came in, it did, + The water it soon came in; + So to keep them dry, they wrapped their feet + In a pinky paper all folded neat, + And they fastened it down with a pin. + And they passed the night in a crockery-jar, + And each of them said, "How wise we are! + Though the sky be dark, and the voyage be long, + Yet we never can think we were rash or wrong, + While round in our Sieve we spin!" + 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. + + +IV. + + And all night long they sailed away; + And when the sun went down, + They whistled and warbled a moony song + To the echoing sound of a coppery gong, + In the shade of the mountains brown. + "O Timballo! How happy we are, + When we live in a Sieve and a crockery-jar, + And all night long in the moonlight pale, + We sail away with a pea-green sail, + In the shade of the mountains brown!" + 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. + + +V. + + They sailed to the Western sea, they did, + To a land all covered with trees, + And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart, + And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, + And a hive of silvery Bees. + And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, + And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws, + And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree, + And no end of Stilton Cheese. + 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. + + +VI. + + And in twenty years they all came back, + In twenty years or more, + And every one said, "How tall they've grown! + For they've been to the Lakes, and the Torrible Zone, + And the hills of the Chankly Bore;" + And they drank their health, and gave them a feast + Of dumplings made of beautiful yeast; + And every one said, "If we only live, + We too will go to sea in a Sieve-- + To the hills of the Chankly Bore!" + 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. + + + + +THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT. + + +I. + + The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea + In a beautiful pea-green boat, + They took some honey, and plenty of money, + Wrapped up in a five-pound note. + The Owl looked up to the stars above, + And sang to a small guitar, + "O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love, + What a beautiful Pussy you are, + You are, + You are! + What a beautiful Pussy you are!" + + +II. + + Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl! + How charmingly sweet you sing! + O let us be married! too long we have tarried: + But what shall we do for a ring?" + They sailed away for a year and a day, + To the land where the Bong-tree grows, + And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood, + With a ring at the end of his nose. + His nose, + His nose, + With a ring at the end of his nose. + + +III. + + "Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling + Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will." + So they took it away, and were married next day + By the Turkey who lives on the hill. + They dinèd on mince, and slices of quince, + Which they ate with a runcible spoon; + And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, + They danced by the light of the moon, + The moon, + The moon, + They danced by the light of the moon. + + + + +THE BROOM, THE SHOVEL, THE POKER AND THE TONGS. + + +I. + + The Broom and the Shovel, the Poker and Tongs, + They all took a drive in the Park, + And they each sang a song, Ding-a-dong! Ding-a-dong! + Before they went back in the dark. + Mr. Poker he sat quite upright in the coach, + Mr. Tongs made a clatter and clash, + Miss Shovel was dressed all in black (with a brooch), + Mrs. Broom was in blue (with a sash). + Ding-a-dong! Ding-a-dong! + And they all sang a song! + + +II. + + "O Shovely so lovely!" the Poker he sang, + "You have perfectly conquered my heart! + "Ding-a-dong! Ding-a-dong! If you're pleased with my song + "I will feed you with cold apple tart! + "When you scrape up the coals with a delicate sound, + "You enrapture my life with delight! + "Your nose is so shiny! your head is so round! + "And your shape is so slender and bright! + "Ding-a-dong! Ding-a-dong! + "Ain't you pleased with my song?" + + +III. + + "Alas! Mrs. Broom!" sighed the Tongs in his song, + "O is it because I'm so thin, + "And my legs are so long--Ding-a-dong! Ding-a-dong! + "That you don't care about me a pin? + "Ah! fairest of creatures, when sweeping the room, + "Ah! why don't you heed my complaint? + "Must you needs be so cruel, you beautiful Broom, + "Because you are covered with paint? + "Ding-a-dong! Ding-a-dong! + "You are certainly wrong!" + + +IV. + + Mrs. Broom and Miss Shovel together they sang, + "What nonsense you're singing to-day!" + Said the Shovel, "I'll certainly hit you a bang!" + Said the Broom, "And I'll sweep you away!" + So the Coachman drove homeward as fast as he could, + Perceiving their anger with pain; + But they put on the kettle, and little by little + They all became happy again. + Ding-a-dong! Ding-a-dong! + There's an end of my song! + + + + +THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO. + + +I. + + Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, + "Good gracious! how you hop! + Over the fields and the water too, + As if you never would stop! + My life is a bore in this nasty pond, + And I long to go out in the world beyond! + I wish I could hop like you!" + Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. + + +II. + + "Please give me a ride on your back!" + Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. + "I would sit quite still, and say nothing but 'Quack,' + The whole of the long day through! + And we'd go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee, + Over the land, and over the sea;-- + Please take me a ride! O do!" + Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. + + +III. + + Said the Kangaroo to the Duck, + "This requires some little reflection; + Perhaps on the whole it might bring me luck, + And there seems but one objection, + Which is, if you'll let me speak so bold, + Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold, + And would probably give me the roo- + Matiz!" said the Kangaroo. + + +IV. + + Said the Duck, "As I sat on the rocks, + I have thought over that completely, + And I bought four pairs of worsted socks + Which fit my web-feet neatly. + And to keep out the cold I've bought a cloak, + And every day a cigar I'll smoke, + All to follow my own dear true + Love of a Kangaroo!" + + +V. + + Said the Kangaroo, "I'm ready! + All in the moonlight pale; + But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady! + And quite at the end of my tail!" + So away they went with a hop and a bound, + And they hopped the whole world three times round; + And who so happy,--O who, + As the Duck and the Kangaroo? + + + + +THE CUMMERBUND. + +AN INDIAN POEM. + + +I. + + She Sat Upon her Dobie,[1] + To watch the Evening Star, + And all the Punkahs[2] as they passed + Cried, "My! how fair you are!" + Around her bower, with quivering leaves, + The tall Kamsamahs[3] grew, + And Kitmutgars[4] in wild festoons + Hung down from Tchokis[5] blue. + + +II. + + Below her home the river rolled + With soft meloobious sound, + Where golden-finned Chuprassies[6] swam, + In myriads circling round. + Above, on tallest trees remote, + Green Ayahs perched alone, + And all night long the Mussak[7] moaned + Its melancholy tone. + + +III. + + And where the purple Nullahs[8] threw + Their branches far and wide, + And silvery Goreewallahs[9] flew + In silence, side by side, + The little Bheesties'[10] twittering cry + Rose on the fragrant air, + And oft the angry Jampan[11] howled + Deep in his hateful lair. + + +IV. + + She sat upon her Dobie,-- + She heard the Nimmak[12] hum,-- + When all at once a cry arose: + "The Cummerbund[13] is come!" + In vain she fled;--with open jaws + The angry monster followed, + And so (before assistance came), + That Lady Fair was swallowed. + + +V. + + They sought in vain for even a bone + Respectfully to bury; + They said, "Hers was a dreadful fate!" + (And Echo answered, "Very.") + They nailed her Dobie to the wall, + Where last her form was seen, + And underneath they wrote these words, + In yellow, blue, and green:-- + "Beware, ye Fair! Ye Fair, beware! + Nor sit out late at night, + Lest horrid Cummerbunds should come, + And swallow you outright." + + +NOTE.--First published in the _Times of India_, Bombay, July, 1874. + + + + +THE DONG WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE. + + + When awful darkness and silence reign + Over the great Gromboolian plain, + Through the long, long wintry nights;-- + When the angry breakers roar, + As they beat on the rocky shore;-- + When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights + Of the Hills on the Chankly Bore:-- + + Then, through the vast and gloomy dark, + There moves what seems a fiery spark, + A lonely spark with silvery rays + Piercing the coal-black night,-- + A meteor strange and bright:-- + Hither and thither the vision strays, + A single lurid light. + + Slowly it wanders,--pauses,--creeps,-- + Anon it sparkles,--flashes and leaps; + And ever as onward it gleaming goes + A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws. + And those who watch at that midnight hour + From Hall or Terrace, or lofty Tower, + Cry, as the wild light passes along,-- + "The Dong!--the Dong! + "The wandering Dong through the forest goes! + "The Dong! the Dong! + "The Dong with a luminous Nose!" + + Long years ago + The Dong was happy and gay, + Till he fell in love with a Jumbly Girl + Who came to those shores one day. + For the Jumblies came in a Sieve, they did,-- + Landing at eve near the Zemmery Fidd + Where the Oblong Oysters grow, + And the rocks are smooth and gray. + And all the woods and the valleys rang + With the Chorus they daily and nightly sang,-- + "_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._" + + Happily, happily passed those days! + While the cheerful Jumblies staid; + They danced in circlets all night long, + To the plaintive pipe of the lively Dong, + In moonlight, shine, or shade, + For day and night he was always there + By the side of the Jumbly Girl so fair, + With her sky-blue hands, and her sea-green hair. + + Till the morning came of that hateful day + When the Jumblies sailed in their Sieve away, + And the Dong was left on the cruel shore + Gazing--gazing for evermore,-- + Ever keeping his weary eyes on + That pea-green sail on the far horizon,-- + Singing the Jumbly Chorus still + As he sat all day on the grassy hill,-- + "_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._" + + But when the sun was low in the West, + The Dong arose and said,-- + "What little sense I once possessed + Has quite gone out of my head!" + And since that day he wanders still + By lake and forest, marsh and hill, + Singing--"O somewhere, in valley or plain + "Might I find my Jumbly Girl again! + "For ever I'll seek by lake and shore + "Till I find my Jumbly Girl once more!" + Playing a pipe with silvery squeaks, + Since then his Jumbly Girl he seeks, + And because by night he could not see, + He gathered the bark of the Twangum Tree + On the flowery plain that grows. + And he wove him a wondrous Nose,-- + A Nose as strange as a Nose could be! + Of vast proportions and painted red, + And tied with cords to the back of his head. + --In a hollow rounded space it ended + With a luminous lamp within suspended, + All fenced about + With a bandage stout + To prevent the wind from blowing it out;-- + And with holes all round to send the light, + In gleaming rays on the dismal night. + + And now each night, and all night long, + Over those plains still roams the Dong! + And above the wail of the Chimp and Snipe + You may hear the squeak of his plaintive pipe, + While ever he seeks, but seeks in vain, + To meet with his Jumbly Girl again; + Lonely and wild--all night he goes,-- + The Dong with a luminous Nose! + And all who watch at the midnight hour, + From Hall or Terrace, or Lofty Tower, + Cry, as they trace the Meteor bright, + Moving along through the dreary night,-- + "This is the hour when forth he goes, + "The Dong with a luminous Nose! + "Yonder--over the plain he goes; + "He goes; + "He goes! + "The Dong with a luminous Nose!" + + + + +THE NEW VESTMENTS. + + + There lived an old man in the Kingdom of Tess, + Who invented a purely original dress; + And when it was perfectly made and complete, + He opened the door, and walked into the street. + + By way of a hat he'd a loaf of Brown Bread, + In the middle of which he inserted his head;-- + His Shirt was made up of no end of dead Mice, + The warmth of whose skins was quite fluffy and nice;-- + His Drawers were of Rabbit-skins;--so were his Shoes;-- + His Stockings were skins,--but it is not known whose;-- + His Waistcoat and Trowsers were made of Pork Chops;-- + His Buttons were Jujubes and Chocolate Drops;-- + His Coat was all Pancakes, with Jam for a border, + And a girdle of Biscuits to keep it in order; + And he wore over all, as a screen from bad weather, + A Cloak of green Cabbage-leaves stitched all together. + + He had walked a short way, when he heard a great noise, + Of all sorts of Beasticles, Birdlings, and Boys;-- + And from every long street and dark lane in the town + Beasts, Birdles, and Boys in a tumult rushed down. + Two Cows and a Calf ate his Cabbage leaf Cloak;-- + Four Apes seized his Girdle, which vanished like smoke;-- + Three Kids ate up half of his Pancaky Coat,-- + And the tails were devoured by an ancient He Goat;-- + An army of Dogs in a twinkling tore _up_ his + Pork Waistcoat and Trowsers to give to their Puppies;-- + And while they were growling, and mumbling the Chops, + Ten Boys prigged the Jujubes and Chocolate Drops. + He tried to run back to his house, but in vain, + For scores of fat Pigs came again and again;-- + They rushed out of stables and hovels and doors,-- + They tore off his Stockings, his Shoes, and his Drawers. + And now from the housetops with screechings descend, + Striped, spotted, white, black, and grey Cats without end; + They jumped on his shoulders and knocked off his Hat,-- + When Crows, Ducks and Hens made a mincemeat of that:-- + They speedily flew at his sleeves in a trice, + And utterly tore up his Shirt of dead Mice;-- + They swallowed the last of his Shirt with a squall,-- + Whereon he ran home with no clothes on at all. + + And he said to himself as he bolted the door, + "I will not wear a similar dress any more, + "Any more, any more, any more, never more!" + + + + +CALICO PIE. + + +I. + + Calico Pie, + The Little Birds fly + Down to the calico tree, + Their wings were blue, + And they sang "Tilly-loo!" + Till away they flew,-- + And they never came back to me! + They never came back! + They never came back! + They never came back to me! + + +II. + + Calico Jam, + The little Fish swam + Over the syllabub sea, + He took off his hat, + To the Sole and the Sprat, + And the Willeby-wat,-- + But he never came back to me! + He never came back! + He never came back! + He never came back to me! + + +III. + + Calico Ban, + The little Mice ran, + To be ready in time for tea, + Flippity flup, + They drank it all up, + And danced in the cup,-- + But they never came back to me! + They never came back! + They never came back! + They never came back to me! + + +IV. + + Calico Drum, + The Grasshoppers come, + The Butterfly, Beetle, and Bee, + Over the ground, + Around and around, + With a hop and a bound-- + But they never came back! + They never came back! + They never came back! + They never came back to me! + + + + +[Music: THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BÒ.] + + +THE COURTSHIP OF THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BÒ. + + +I. + + On the Coast of Coromandel, + Where the early pumpkins grow, + In the middle of the woods + Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + Two old chairs, and half a candle,-- + One old jug without a handle,-- + These were all his worldly goods: + In the middle of the woods, + These were all the worldly goods + Of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, + Of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + + +II. + + Once, among the Bong-trees walking + Where the early pumpkins grow, + To a little heap of stones + Came the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + There he heard a Lady talking, + To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,-- + "'Tis the Lady Jingly Jones! + "On that little heap of stones + "Sits the Lady Jingly Jones!" + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + + +III. + + "Lady Jingly! Lady Jingly! + "Sitting where the pumpkins grow, + "Will you come and be my wife?" + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + "I am tired of living singly,-- + "On this coast so wild and shingly,-- + "I'm a-weary of my life; + "If you'll come and be my wife, + "Quite serene would be my life!"-- + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + + +IV. + + "On this Coast of Coromandel, + "Shrimps and watercresses grow, + "Prawns are plentiful and cheap." + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, + "You shall have my chairs and candle, + "And my jug without a handle!-- + "Gaze upon the rolling deep + ("Fish is plentiful and cheap)-- + "As the sea, my love is deep!" + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + + +V. + + Lady Jingly answered sadly, + And her tears began to flow,-- + "Your proposal comes too late, + "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò! + "I would be your wife most gladly!" + (Here she twirled her fingers madly) + "But in England I've a mate! + "Yes! you've asked me far too late, + "For in England I've a mate, + "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò! + "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò! + + +VI. + + "Mr. Jones--(his name is Handel,-- + "Handel Jones, Esquire, & Co.) + "Dorking fowls delights to send, + "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò! + "Keep, oh I keep your chairs and candle, + "And your jug without a handle,-- + "I can merely be your friend! + "--Should my Jones more Dorkings send, + "I will give you three, my friend! + "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò! + "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò! + + +VII. + + "Though you've such a tiny body, + "And your head so large doth grow,-- + "Though your hat may blow away, + "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò! + "Though you're such a Boddy Doddy-- + "Yet I wish that I could modi- + "fy the words I needs must say! + "Will you please to go away? + "That is all I have to say-- + "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, + "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò!" + + +VIII. + + Down the slippery slopes of Myrtle, + Where the early pumpkins grow, + To the calm and silent sea + Fled the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + There beyond the Bay of Gurtle, + Lay a large and lively Turtle;-- + "You're the Cove," he said, "for me; + "On your back beyond the sea, + "Turtle, you shall carry me!" + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + + +IX. + + Through the silent-roaring ocean + Did the Turtle swiftly go; + Holding fast upon his shell + Rode the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, + With a sad primæval motion + Towards the sunset isles of Boshen + Still the Turtle bore him well, + Holding fast upon his shell. + "Lady Jingly Jones, farewell!" + Sang the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, + Sang the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + + +X. + + From the Coast of Coromandel + Did that Lady never go; + On that heap of stones she mourns + For the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + On that Coast of Coromandel, + In his jug without a handle, + Still she weeps, and daily moans; + On that little heap of stones + To her Dorking Hens she moans + For the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, + For the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò. + + + + +INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MY UNCLE ARLY. + + +I. + + O My Aged Uncle Arly! + Sitting on a heap of Barley + Thro' the silent hours of night,-- + Close beside a leafy thicket:-- + On his nose there was a Cricket,-- + In his hat a Railway-Ticket + (But his shoes were far too tight). + + +II. + + Long ago, in youth, he squander'd + All his goods away, and wander'd + To the Tiniskoop-hills afar. + There on golden sunsets blazing, + Every evening found him gazing,-- + Singing,--"Orb! you're quite amazing! + "How I wonder what you are!" + + +III. + + Like the ancient Medes and Persians, + Always by his own exertions + He subsisted on those hills;-- + Whiles,--by teaching children spelling,-- + Or at times by merely yelling,-- + Or at intervals by selling + "Propter's Nicodemus Pills." + + +IV. + + Later, in his morning rambles + He perceived the moving brambles-- + Something square and white disclose;-- + 'Twas a First-class Railway-Ticket; + But, on stooping down to pick it + Off the ground,--a pea-green Cricket + Settled on my uncle's Nose. + + +V. + + Never--never more,--oh! never, + Did that Cricket leave him ever,-- + Dawn or evening, day or night;-- + Clinging as a constant treasure,-- + Chirping with a cheerious measure,-- + Wholly to my uncle's pleasure + (Though his shoes were far too tight). + + +VI. + + So for three and forty winters, + Till his shoes were worn to splinters, + All those hills he wander'd o'er,-- + Sometimes silent;--sometimes yelling;-- + Till he came to Borley-Melling, + Near his old ancestral dwelling + (But his shoes were far too tight). + + +VII. + + On a little heap of Barley + Died my agèd Uncle Arly, + And they buried him one night;-- + Close beside the leafy thicket;-- + There,--his hat and Railway-Ticket;-- + There,--his ever-faithful Cricket + (But his shoes were far too tight). + + + + +Footnotes: + +[1] _Washerman._ + +[2] _Fan._ + +[3] _Butler._ + +[4] _Waiter at table._ + +[5] _Police or post station._ + +[6] _Office messenger._ + +[7] _Water skin._ + +[8] _Watercourse._ + +[9] _Groom._ + +[10] _Water-carrier._ + +[11] _Sedan Chair._ + +[12] _Salt._ + +[13] _Waist Sash._ + + + + +Transcriber's Notes: + +Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_. + +The original text contains numerous decorative illustrations +that are not noted in this text version. + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses, by +Edward Lear + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE JUMBLIES AND OTHER *** + +***** This file should be named 34906-8.txt or 34906-8.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/3/4/9/0/34906/ + +Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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