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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7b82bc --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +*.txt text eol=lf +*.htm text eol=lf +*.html text eol=lf +*.md text eol=lf diff --git a/75663-0.txt b/75663-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d0f2958 --- /dev/null +++ b/75663-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,610 @@ + +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 75663 *** + + + +Transcriber’s Note: + +Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like +this_. Mid-poem illustrations were moved to follow the related +poem. Obvious printing errors, such as missing or partially printed +letters and punctuation, were corrected. + + + + + + PORRIDGE POETRY + + + + +[Illustration: + + PORRIDGE + POETRY + + COOKED, ORNAMENTED + AND SERVED + UP BY + HUGH LOFTING + + PUBLISHED BY + F. A. STOKES Cᵒ + NEW YORK] + + + + + _Copyright, 1924, by_ + FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY + + _All rights reserved_ + + + _Printed in the United States of America_ + + + + + PORRIDGE POETRY + + + + + THE PORRIDGE POET + + Dear Children, I would have you know it: + That this is me, the Porridge Poet, + My inspiration’s in the ice-box; + My rhymes I pick out from the spice-box. + + My verse is very free and easy, + Its flavour sometimes slightly cheesy; + But that, my friends, is no great crime in + The gentle art of kitchen rhymin’. + + I’ve made delicious maccaronics + From peelings off spring philharmonics. + And as for comic songs or ballads, + I turn them out like summer salads. + + ’Tis to the cook-book that I owe it, + My reputation as a poet. + And if you’ll watch my pot a minute + I’ll show you how I mix things in it. + + Now take a pint of vermicelli + And pound it to a nice smooth jelly; + If necessary use a hammer. + Then add a pinch or two of grammar. + + Shake in an ounce of sifted syntax + And half a teaspoonful of tin tacks, + Then flavour with eggstravaganza, + And there you have a lovely stanza! + +[Illustration: THE PORRIDGE POET] + + + VERA VIRGINIA + + Oh, what a popular person I am! + My full name is Vera Virginia Ham. + The barn-dance, the two-step, the sausage-roll trot, + The pig-jig, the hog-jog, I dance the whole lot. + +[Illustration: VERA VIRGINIA] + + + THE LOLLIPOPINJAY + + On lollipops I live. I’m gay; + I leap and swirl, I spin and sway. + Come join me in the dance, I pray! + Let’s go!--Slap-bang!--Hip, hip, hooray! + + For I’m the lollipopinjay. + I loll by night, I dance all day. + I jump, I crouch and pop away + Skip! Hop!--Tip-top!--Hip, hip, hooray! + +[Illustration: THE LOLLIPOPINJAY] + + + LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES + + ’Twas in the tropic latitudes + That we were talking platitudes, + Just sailor-like chit-chatitudes, + As any ship-mates might. + + We forgot to take our longitude + (Which was a grievous wrongitude) + So we didn’t reach Hong-kongitude + Till very late that night. + +[Illustration: LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES] + + + THE FLEDGELING AND THE BUG + + “Are you the kind of insect, Sir, + “My mother calls digestible?” + Enquired the little fledgeling of + The Sweet Potato Bug. + + “I’m nothing of the kind, my friend. + “My taste is just detestable-- + “And so is yours--Such impudence!” + He answered with a shrug. + +[Illustration: THE FLEDGELING AND THE BUG] + + + PICNIC + + Ella, fell a + Maple tree. + Hilda, build a + Fire for me. + + Teresa, squeeze a + Lemon, so. + Amanda, hand a + Plate to Flo. + + Nora, pour a + Cup of tea. + Fancy, Nancy, + What a spree! + +[Illustration: PICNIC] + + + SCALLYWAG AND GOLLYWOG + + Scally Wag and Golly Wog + Took their bag aboard a log + And started off to cross the ocean blue. + They’re still at sea, I have no doubt, + For all they do is fight about + Which shall be the Captain, which the crew. + +[Illustration: SCALLYWAG AND GOLLYWOG] + + + THE PALM FAMILY + + Nearby an African lagoon + Beneath the silent yellow moon + All safe from worries and alarms + There dwelt a family of palms. + + It was a peaceful life they led + Mr. and Mrs. and little Fred; + And when the wind blew soft and low + They’d whisper tales of long ago. + +[Illustration: THE PALM FAMILY] + + + THE FOOD-HYMN OF THE + COOK-GOBLINS + + Down where the glow-worms faintly glitter, + Down where the fire-flies gleam and flitter, + Come listen to the sausage twitter, + Sizz and crackle in the pan! + Tripe or truffles, fancy fishes, + It doesn’t matter what your wish is; + None prepare such luscious dishes + As we, the gay Cook-goblins, can. + +[Illustration: THE COOK-GOBLINS] + + + SCRUBBY CHUBBY + + Such a scowling and a growling, howling yowling for a toy, + You grubby, snubby, tubby, chubby, scrubby little boy! + +[Illustration: SCRUBBY CHUBBY] + + + OOM-PAH + + Oom-pah, boom-pah, oom-pah boom! + Like roses soon our cheeks will bloom. + We only ask for elbow-room + Oom-pah, boom-pah, oom-pah boom! + +[Illustration: OOM-PAH] + + + MISTER BEERS + + This is Mister Beers: + And for forty-seven years + He’s been digging in his garden like a miner. + He isn’t planting seeds + Nor scratching up the weeds, + He’s trying to bore a tunnel down to China. + +[Illustration: MISTER BEERS] + + + THE PIRATE OF THE KITCHEN SINK + + And who might this be, should you think? + Why, the pirate of the kitchen sink! + A dish-rag sail, a spoon for oar, + Could any captain wish for more? + + Aboard his racing coffee-pot + He roams an ocean steaming hot. + No cup or saucer stays afloat + That dares to bump into his boat. + +[Illustration: THE PIRATE OF THE KITCHEN SINK] + + + THE MILLINERY BIRD + + A friendly Arctic Puffin asked + The Millinery Bird, + “Aren’t the styles they’re wearing now + “A little bit absurd?” + + “Oh well,” sarcastically said + The other with a snigger, + “That will depend, my squatty friend, + “_Entirely_ on your figure.” + +[Illustration: THE MILLINERY BIRD] + + + MR. PARRY AND MRS. PRINGLE + + Said Mrs. Pringle to Mr. Parry, + “Tell me why you never marry?” + + Said Mr. Parry to Mrs. Pringle, + “Life is so much simpler single.” + +[Illustration: MR. PARRY AND MRS. PRINGLE] + + + WEI HAI WO + + A sage there was long, long ago, + A mandarin named Wei Hai Wo, + And at his window all day long + He sat and softly hummed this song + “How silly, Lily, lackaday! + “Deary daisy me!” + + Said young Sin Ching to Wei Hai Wo, + “Please tell me why you sit there so? + I never chance this way to come + But that I always hear you hum, + “How silly, Lily, lackaday! + “Deary daisy me!” + + “Well listen, friend,” said Wei Hai Wo, + “I love to watch the passing show, + “I take things easy, good and bad. + “Why should I rush through life like mad? + “How silly, Lily, lackaday! + “Deary, daisy me!” + + “If others wish to run about + “Then let them. But let me look out. + “I’ve found that peace, my good Sin Ching, + “Is quite the most important thing. + “You see now why I sit and sing, + “How silly, Lily, lackaday! + “Deary, daisy me!” + +[Illustration: WEI HAI WO] + + + THE VEGETABLE SCHOOL + + Teaching school is not so easy, + Be it big, or be it small, + With a Spring term class made up of + Vegetable scholars all. + + Make the turnips turn their toes out. + See the pumpkins punctuate. + Have the parsnips parse correctly. + Let us, Lettuce, start at eight. + + Lima Bean’s been most provoking. + Send him to the garden bed. + Artful artichoke, I see you + Beating beet upon the head. + + Spinach, spin your tops outside, please. + Take two sevenths from a whole. + Carrot, carry one and add, dear. + Cauliflower, call the roll. + +[Illustration: THE VEGETABLE SCHOOL] + + + THE WAFFLE-KITE + + This is the Waffle-Kite + And oh, what an awful sight + He looks when he digs in the marsh with his beak. + Mud pies it’s fun to make + To set in the sun to bake + When you’ve got the right kind of face, so to speak. + +[Illustration: THE WAFFLE-KITE] + + + CHRISTMAS DOUGH + + For Christmas Day the Christmas dough + Is kneaded high and kneaded low. + Punch it thick and thump it thin, + Flatten it out with a rolling-pin. + + In the kitchen’s lots of fun + When Christmas pie and Christmas bun + Are kneaded high and kneaded low + From lovely, squodgy, Christmas dough. + +[Illustration: CHRISTMAS DOUGH] + + + LOOSE IN THE MIDDLE + + Hey diddle, diddle, + I’m loose in the middle. + Why can’t I get on with myself? + It’s not my digestion-- + That’s out of the question, + ’Cause I left it at home on the shelf. + +[Illustration: LOOSE IN THE MIDDLE] + + + THE BOTTICELLO + + In Florence Signor Quaverello + Would play the four-string botticello + Every single Sunday night, ’tis said. + + Until his wife upstairs would bellow + “You noisy, good-for-nothing fellow! + “Hello! + “Quaverello! + “Put that thing away and come to bed!” + +[Illustration: THE BOTTICELLO] + + + THE TOFFEE ANALYST + + “Oh, I’m the Toffee Analyst + So learned and sophisticky; + I’m making out a candy list, + It’s going to be statisticky.” + +[Illustration: THE TOFFEE ANALYST] + + + UP WRIGHT AND DOWN WRIGHT + + Long ago the Brothers Wright + Were men of odd but great renown, + As different as day and night, + The neighbors called them Up and Down. + + Now Up Wright was devout and lean, + Proper, virtuous and prim. + Whenever he felt low or mean + He merely sighed or sang a hymn. + + A queerer pair was never made; + For Down Wright, short and thick, + Who always called a spade a spade, + Loved to argue, fight and kick. + + Yet through the ups and downs of life + Through thick and thin, through good and ill, + In spite of all their constant strife + The brothers lived together still. + +[Illustration: UP WRIGHT AND DOWN WRIGHT] + + + THE LEGEND OF THE SEA-SICK SEA-GULL + + Once there was a herring gull + Who found the ocean very dull + Said he, “I’m always sea-sick on the silly rolling sea. + + “I’ll go ashore and settle down + In some peaceful country town + And wear my carpet-slippers when I drink my china tea.” + +[Illustration: THE SEA-SICK SEA-GULL] + + + JIM NAST OF PAWTUCKET + + Here’s little Jim Nast of Pawtucket + Who slid down the stairs in a bucket. + He has more understanding + Since reaching the landing. + Just look at the hole where he struck it! + +[Illustration: JIM NAST OF PAWTUCKET] + + + CLIPPETY CLOP! + + Clippety, snippety, clippety, clop! + A pretty pernickety barber’s shop! + Walk up! Walk in and have a shave, + A dry shampoo--a marcel wave, + Your whiskers trimmed in any style. + Come in, sit down and stay a while. + Soon the barber chimpanzees + Will bow and smile and say, “Next please! + “We’re always busy--never stop. + “Clippety, snippety, clippety, clop!” + +[Illustration: CLIPPETY CLOP!] + + + PETROLEUM AND TURPENTINE + + “Oh won’t you be my Valentine + “This wintertime, sweet Turpentine?” + + “How can I be, Petroleum? + “I’m promised to Linoleum.” + +[Illustration: PETROLEUM AND TURPENTINE] + + + THE MILK AND HONEY HONEYMOON + + The Milky Way was made for you, + The Honey-Moon for me. + If we could only mix the two + How happy we should be! + + With a milk-and-honey honeymoon, + You see, my charming wife, + We’d only need a table-spoon + And we’d be fixed for life. + +[Illustration: THE MILK AND HONEY HONEYMOON] + + + GIBBERISH + + Sing a song of gibberish, + For this is rhyming day; + Hasty pudding, stirabout, + A goulash roundelay. + + Sing a junket rigmarole, + A shindig jamboree, + Catalogues or doggerels, + They’re all the same to me. + +[Illustration: GIBBERISH] + + + MRS. VAN DER HOOK + + There was a little lady and + her name was Mrs. Van der Hook. + She lived upon the main street of + the town of Amsterdam. + And when the neighbors told her it + was very rude to stand and look, + All she ever answered was, + “Well that’s the way I am.” + +[Illustration: MRS. VAN DER HOOK] + + + THE RAT AND GUITAR + + You’ve heard of the Cat and the Fiddle, + Well, I am the Rat and Guitar. + I play by the moon + Such a beautiful toon + The Cat goes on sleeping--Ha! Ha! + +[Illustration: THE RAT AND THE GUITAR] + + + BETWIXT AND BETWEEN + + Betwixt and Between were two betwins, + Their father’s name was Twoddle. + They’ve been alike as a pair of pins + Since they could scarcely toddle. + +[Illustration: BETWIXT AND BETWEEN] + + + THE KITCHEN KALENDAR + + Pastry and Bun day + Ought to be Monday. + Then Irish Stews-day + Falls on a Tuesday. + + Dine-out-with-friends day, + Let’s make that Wednesday. + Next, Apple-pie day + Should always be Friday. + + Sausage-in-batter day, + Put that down Saturday. + But what about Sunday? + Oh, take a rest one day. + +[Illustration] + + + THE HOUSEHOLD DRUDGE + + The Household Drudge + Was making fudge + In a great big china basin. + Alas! Alack! + She turned her back + And the poodle dipped his face in! + +[Illustration: THE HOUSEHOLD DRUDGE] + + + GOOD MORNING CORNUCOPIA + + Good morning Cornucopia! + Your face looks even soapier + Than when I met you walking yesterday. + + I know it, dear Symposium, + My complexion got so rosium + I covered it with lather and I left it there to stay. + +[Illustration: GOOD MORNING CORNUCOPIA] + + + GIMCRACK AND GEWGAW + + Gimcrack and Gewgaw + Were riding a see-saw + And Gewgaw was up in the air. + There popped up a rabbit, + And Gim ran to grab it. + Said Gew, “Oh, that’s not playing fair!” + +[Illustration: GIMCRACK AND GEWGAW] + + + LULU GUBRIOUS + + Said Auntie Macassar to Miss Lulu Gubrious + “Isn’t the weather just simply salubrious?” + “Why, no,” answered Lulu, “I think it’s monotonous. + “Just think if the rain should have gone and forgotten us!” + +[Illustration: LULU GUBRIOUS] + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 75663 *** diff --git a/75663-h/75663-h.htm b/75663-h/75663-h.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c9cdc0 --- /dev/null +++ b/75663-h/75663-h.htm @@ -0,0 +1,1266 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <meta charset="UTF-8"> + <title> + Porridge poetry | Project Gutenberg + </title> + <link rel="icon" href="images/cover.jpg" type="image/x-cover"> + <style> + +body { + margin-left: 10%; + margin-right: 10%; +} +/* Heading Styles */ + h1,h2,h3 { + text-align: center; + text-indent: 0em; + clear: both; + font-weight: bold; + page-break-before: avoid;} + +h1 { margin: 1em 5% 1em; + font-size: 140%;} +h2 { margin:2em 5% 1em; + font-size: 140%;} +h3 { margin: 2em 5% 1em; + font-size: 140%;} + +div.chapter {page-break-before: always; + margin-top: 4em;} + +/* Paragraph styles */ +p {text-indent: 1.25em; + margin-top: .51em; + text-align: justify; + margin-bottom: .49em;} + +.p4 {margin-top: 4em;} +.center {text-align: center; + text-indent: 0em;} + +/* Font styling */ +.smcap {font-style: normal; font-variant: small-caps;} +em {font-style: italic;} +.small {font-size: 92%;} +.larger {font-size: 120%;} +.caption {text-align: center; + page-break-before: avoid; + font-size: 90%;} + +/* Rules */ +hr { /*default rule across entire width */ + margin-top: .5em; + margin-bottom: .5em; + margin-left: auto; + margin-right: auto; + clear: both; +} + + hr.short { + margin-right:45%; + margin-left:45%; + text-align:center; + width:10%; + } + +hr.chap {width: 65%; margin-left: 17.5%; margin-right: 17.5%;} +@media print { hr.chap {display: none; visibility: hidden;}} + +/* Images */ +img { + max-width: 100%; + height: auto; +} + +.figcenter { + margin: 2em auto; + text-align: center; + page-break-inside: avoid; + max-width: 100%; + text-align: center; + page-break-before: always;} + +.pagenum { /* uncomment the next line for invisible page numbers */ + /* visibility: hidden; */ + position: absolute; + left: 92%; + font-size: 50%; + text-align: right; + font-style: normal; + font-weight: normal; + font-variant: normal; + text-indent: 0; /* needed if using indented paragraphs by default */ + color: #444;} + + +/* Poetry */ +.poetry-container {display: flex; justify-content: center;} +.poetry {text-align: left; margin: .25em 5% .25em 5%; + font-size: 110%; line-height: 130%;} +.poetry .stanza {margin: 1em auto;} +.poetry .verse {text-indent: -3em; padding-left: 3em;} +.poetry .indent0 {text-indent: -3em;} +.poetry .indent2 {text-indent: -2em;} +.poetry .indent4 {text-indent: -1em;} +.poetry .indent6 {text-indent: 0em;} + + </style> + </head> +<body> +<div style='text-align:center'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 75663 ***</div> +<div class="chapter"> +<h3>Transcriber’s Note:</h3> +</div> + +<p>Mid-poem illustrations were moved to follow the related +poem. Obvious printing errors, such as missing or partially printed +letters and punctuation, were corrected.</p> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<h1>PORRIDGE POETRY</h1> +<br><br> +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_003.jpg" + alt="Title page"> +<p class="center"> +<span class="larger">PORRIDGE<br> +POETRY</span><br> +<br> +<span class="small">COOKED, ORNAMENTED<br> +AND SERVED<br> +UP BY</span><br> +<br> +<span class="larger">HUGH LOFTING</span><br> +<br> +<span class="small">PUBLISHED BY<br> +F. A. STOKES Cᵒ<br> +NEW YORK</span></p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center"> +<i>Copyright, 1924, by</i><br> +<span class="smcap">Frederick A. Stokes Company</span></p> +<hr class="short"> +<p class="center"><i>All rights reserved</i></p> + +<p class="p4 center"><i>Printed in the United States of America</i></p> +</div> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<h2>PORRIDGE POETRY</h2> +<br><br> +</div> +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE PORRIDGE POET</p> +</div> +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Dear Children, I would have you know it:</div> + <div class="verse indent0">That this is me, the Porridge Poet,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">My inspiration’s in the ice-box;</div> + <div class="verse indent0">My rhymes I pick out from the spice-box.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">My verse is very free and easy,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Its flavour sometimes slightly cheesy;</div> + <div class="verse indent0">But that, my friends, is no great crime in</div> + <div class="verse indent0">The gentle art of kitchen rhymin’.</div> + <div class="verse indent0"></div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">I’ve made delicious maccaronics</div> + <div class="verse indent0">From peelings off spring philharmonics.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And as for comic songs or ballads,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">I turn them out like summer salads.</div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">’Tis to the cook-book that I owe it,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">My reputation as a poet.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And if you’ll watch my pot a minute</div> + <div class="verse indent0">I’ll show you how I mix things in it.</div> + <div class="verse indent0"></div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Now take a pint of vermicelli</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And pound it to a nice smooth jelly;</div> + <div class="verse indent0">If necessary use a hammer.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Then add a pinch or two of grammar.</div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Shake in an ounce of sifted syntax</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And half a teaspoonful of tin tacks,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Then flavour with eggstravaganza,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And there you have a lovely stanza!</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_009.jpg" + alt="THE PORRIDGE POET"> + <p class="caption">THE PORRIDGE POET</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">VERA VIRGINIA</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Oh, what a popular person I am!</div> + <div class="verse indent0">My full name is Vera Virginia Ham.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">The barn-dance, the two-step, the sausage-roll trot,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">The pig-jig, the hog-jog, I dance the whole lot.</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_013.jpg" + alt="VERA VIRGINIA"> + <p class="caption">VERA VIRGINIA</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE LOLLIPOPINJAY</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">On lollipops I live. I’m gay;</div> + <div class="verse indent0">I leap and swirl, I spin and sway.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Come join me in the dance, I pray!</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Let’s go!—Slap-bang!—Hip, hip, hooray!</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">For I’m the lollipopinjay.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">I loll by night, I dance all day.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">I jump, I crouch and pop away</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Skip! Hop!—Tip-top!—Hip, hip, hooray!</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_015.jpg" + alt="THE LOLLIPOPINJAY"> + <p class="caption">THE LOLLIPOPINJAY</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> +<div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">’Twas in the tropic latitudes</div> + <div class="verse indent0">That we were talking platitudes,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Just sailor-like chit-chatitudes,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">As any ship-mates might.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">We forgot to take our longitude</div> + <div class="verse indent0">(Which was a grievous wrongitude)</div> + <div class="verse indent0">So we didn’t reach Hong-kongitude</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Till very late that night.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_017.jpg" + alt="LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES"> + <p class="caption">LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE FLEDGELING AND THE BUG</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">“Are you the kind of insect, Sir,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“My mother calls digestible?”</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Enquired the little fledgeling of</div> + <div class="verse indent0">The Sweet Potato Bug.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">“I’m nothing of the kind, my friend.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“My taste is just detestable—</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“And so is yours—Such impudence!”</div> + <div class="verse indent0">He answered with a shrug.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_019.jpg" + alt="THE FLEDGELING"> + <p class="caption">THE FLEDGELING AND THE BUG</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">PICNIC</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Ella, fell a</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Maple tree.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Hilda, build a</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Fire for me.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Teresa, squeeze a</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Lemon, so.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Amanda, hand a</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Plate to Flo.</div> + <div class="verse indent0"></div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Nora, pour a</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Cup of tea.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Fancy, Nancy,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">What a spree!</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_021.jpg" + alt="PICNIC"> + <p class="caption">PICNIC</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">SCALLYWAG AND GOLLYWOG</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Scally Wag and Golly Wog</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Took their bag aboard a log</div> + <div class="verse indent4">And started off to cross the ocean blue.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">They’re still at sea, I have no doubt,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">For all they do is fight about</div> + <div class="verse indent4">Which shall be the Captain, which the crew.</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_025.jpg" + alt="SCALLYWAG AND GOLLYWOG"> + <p class="caption">SCALLYWAG AND GOLLYWOG</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE PALM FAMILY</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Nearby an African lagoon</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Beneath the silent yellow moon</div> + <div class="verse indent0">All safe from worries and alarms</div> + <div class="verse indent0">There dwelt a family of palms.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">It was a peaceful life they led</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Mr. and Mrs. and little Fred;</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And when the wind blew soft and low</div> + <div class="verse indent0">They’d whisper tales of long ago.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_027.jpg" + alt="THE PALM FAMILY"> + <p class="caption">THE PALM FAMILY</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE FOOD-HYMN OF THE<br> +COOK-GOBLINS</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Down where the glow-worms faintly glitter,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Down where the fire-flies gleam and flitter,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Come listen to the sausage twitter,</div> + <div class="verse indent4">Sizz and crackle in the pan!</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Tripe or truffles, fancy fishes,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">It doesn’t matter what your wish is;</div> + <div class="verse indent0">None prepare such luscious dishes</div> + <div class="verse indent4">As we, the gay Cook-goblins, can.</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_029.jpg" + alt="THE COOK-GOBLINS"> + <p class="caption">THE COOK-GOBLINS</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">SCRUBBY CHUBBY</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Such a scowling and a growling, howling yowling for a toy,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">You grubby, snubby, tubby, chubby, scrubby little boy!</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_031.jpg" + alt="SCRUBBY CHUBBY"> + <p class="caption">SCRUBBY CHUBBY</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">OOM-PAH</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Oom-pah, boom-pah, oom-pah boom!</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Like roses soon our cheeks will bloom.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">We only ask for elbow-room</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Oom-pah, boom-pah, oom-pah boom!</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_033.jpg" + alt="OOM-PAH"> + <p class="caption">OOM-PAH</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">MISTER BEERS</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">This is Mister Beers:</div> + <div class="verse indent4">And for forty-seven years</div> + <div class="verse indent0">He’s been digging in his garden like a miner.</div> + <div class="verse indent4">He isn’t planting seeds</div> + <div class="verse indent4">Nor scratching up the weeds,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">He’s trying to bore a tunnel down to China.</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_035.jpg" + alt="MISTER BEERS"> + <p class="caption">MISTER BEERS</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE PIRATE OF THE KITCHEN SINK</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">And who might this be, should you think?</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Why, the pirate of the kitchen sink!</div> + <div class="verse indent0">A dish-rag sail, a spoon for oar,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Could any captain wish for more?</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Aboard his racing coffee-pot</div> + <div class="verse indent0">He roams an ocean steaming hot.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">No cup or saucer stays afloat</div> + <div class="verse indent0">That dares to bump into his boat.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_037.jpg" + alt="KITCHEN SINK"> + <p class="caption">THE PIRATE OF THE KITCHEN SINK</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE MILLINERY BIRD</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">A friendly Arctic Puffin asked</div> + <div class="verse indent0">The Millinery Bird,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Aren’t the styles they’re wearing now</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“A little bit absurd?”</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">“Oh well,” sarcastically said</div> + <div class="verse indent0">The other with a snigger,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“That will depend, my squatty friend,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“<em>Entirely</em> on your figure.”</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_039.jpg" + alt="THE MILLINERY BIRD"> + <p class="caption">THE MILLINERY BIRD</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">MR. PARRY AND MRS. PRINGLE</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Said Mrs. Pringle to Mr. Parry,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Tell me why you never marry?”</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Said Mr. Parry to Mrs. Pringle,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Life is so much simpler single.”</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_041.jpg" + alt="PARRY AND PRINGLE"> + <p class="caption">MR. PARRY AND MRS. PRINGLE</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">WEI HAI WO</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">A sage there was long, long ago,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">A mandarin named Wei Hai Wo,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And at his window all day long</div> + <div class="verse indent0">He sat and softly hummed this song</div> + <div class="verse indent2">“How silly, Lily, lackaday!</div> + <div class="verse indent4">“Deary daisy me!”</div> + <div class="verse indent0"></div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Said young Sin Ching to Wei Hai Wo,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Please tell me why you sit there so?</div> + <div class="verse indent0">I never chance this way to come</div> + <div class="verse indent0">But that I always hear you hum,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">“How silly, Lily, lackaday!</div> + <div class="verse indent4">“Deary daisy me!”</div> + <div class="verse indent0"></div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">“Well listen, friend,” said Wei Hai Wo,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“I love to watch the passing show,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“I take things easy, good and bad.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Why should I rush through life like mad?</div> + <div class="verse indent2">“How silly, Lily, lackaday!</div> + <div class="verse indent4">“Deary, daisy me!”</div> + <div class="verse indent0"></div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">“If others wish to run about</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Then let them. But let me look out.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“I’ve found that peace, my good Sin Ching,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Is quite the most important thing.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“You see now why I sit and sing,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">“How silly, Lily, lackaday!</div> + <div class="verse indent4">“Deary, daisy me!”</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_045.jpg" + alt="WEI HAI WO"> + <p class="caption">WEI HAI WO</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE VEGETABLE SCHOOL</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Teaching school is not so easy,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Be it big, or be it small,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">With a Spring term class made up of</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Vegetable scholars all.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Make the turnips turn their toes out.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">See the pumpkins punctuate.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Have the parsnips parse correctly.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Let us, Lettuce, start at eight.</div> + <div class="verse indent0"></div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Lima Bean’s been most provoking.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Send him to the garden bed.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Artful artichoke, I see you</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Beating beet upon the head.</div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Spinach, spin your tops outside, please.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Take two sevenths from a whole.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Carrot, carry one and add, dear.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Cauliflower, call the roll.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_049.jpg" + alt="THE VEGETABLE SCHOOL"> + <p class="caption">THE VEGETABLE SCHOOL</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE WAFFLE-KITE</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">This is the Waffle-Kite</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And oh, what an awful sight</div> + <div class="verse indent0">He looks when he digs in the marsh with his beak.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Mud pies it’s fun to make</div> + <div class="verse indent0">To set in the sun to bake</div> + <div class="verse indent0">When you’ve got the right kind of face, so to speak.</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_053.jpg" + alt="THE WAFFLE-KITE"> + <p class="caption">THE WAFFLE-KITE</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">CHRISTMAS DOUGH</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">For Christmas Day the Christmas dough</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Is kneaded high and kneaded low.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Punch it thick and thump it thin,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Flatten it out with a rolling-pin.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">In the kitchen’s lots of fun</div> + <div class="verse indent0">When Christmas pie and Christmas bun</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Are kneaded high and kneaded low</div> + <div class="verse indent0">From lovely, squodgy, Christmas dough.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_055.jpg" + alt="CHRISTMAS DOUGH"> + <p class="caption">CHRISTMAS DOUGH</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">LOOSE IN THE MIDDLE</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Hey diddle, diddle,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">I’m loose in the middle.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Why can’t I get on with myself?</div> + <div class="verse indent0">It’s not my digestion—</div> + <div class="verse indent0">That’s out of the question,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">’Cause I left it at home on the shelf.</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_057.jpg" + alt="LOOSE IN THE MIDDLE"> + <p class="caption">LOOSE IN THE MIDDLE</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE BOTTICELLO</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">In Florence Signor Quaverello</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Would play the four-string botticello</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Every single Sunday night, ’tis said.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Until his wife upstairs would bellow</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“You noisy, good-for-nothing fellow!</div> + <div class="verse indent6">“Hello!</div> + <div class="verse indent6">“Quaverello!</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Put that thing away and come to bed!”</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_059.jpg" + alt="THE BOTTICELLO"> + <p class="caption">THE BOTTICELLO</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE TOFFEE ANALYST</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">“Oh, I’m the Toffee Analyst</div> + <div class="verse indent0">So learned and sophisticky;</div> + <div class="verse indent0">I’m making out a candy list,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">It’s going to be statisticky.”</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_061.jpg" + alt="THE TOFFEE ANALYST"> + <p class="caption">THE TOFFEE ANALYST</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">UP WRIGHT AND DOWN WRIGHT</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Long ago the Brothers Wright</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Were men of odd but great renown,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">As different as day and night,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">The neighbors called them Up and Down.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Now Up Wright was devout and lean,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Proper, virtuous and prim.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Whenever he felt low or mean</div> + <div class="verse indent2">He merely sighed or sang a hymn.</div> + <div class="verse indent0"></div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">A queerer pair was never made;</div> + <div class="verse indent2">For Down Wright, short and thick,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Who always called a spade a spade,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Loved to argue, fight and kick.</div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Yet through the ups and downs of life</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Through thick and thin, through good and ill,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">In spite of all their constant strife</div> + <div class="verse indent2">The brothers lived together still.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_063.jpg" + alt="UP WRIGHT DOWN WRIGHT"> + <p class="caption">UP WRIGHT AND DOWN WRIGHT</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE LEGEND OF THE SEA-SICK SEA-GULL</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Once there was a herring gull</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Who found the ocean very dull</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Said he, “I’m always sea-sick on the silly rolling sea.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">“I’ll go ashore and settle down</div> + <div class="verse indent0">In some peaceful country town</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And wear my carpet-slippers when I drink my china tea.”</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_067.jpg" + alt="SEA-GULL"> + <p class="caption">THE SEA-SICK SEA-GULL</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">JIM NAST OF PAWTUCKET</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> +<div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Here’s little Jim Nast of Pawtucket</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Who slid down the stairs in a bucket.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">He has more understanding</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Since reaching the landing.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Just look at the hole where he struck it!</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_069.jpg" + alt="JIM NAST OF PAWTUCKET"> + <p class="caption">JIM NAST OF PAWTUCKET</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">CLIPPETY CLOP!</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Clippety, snippety, clippety, clop!</div> + <div class="verse indent0">A pretty pernickety barber’s shop!</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Walk up! Walk in and have a shave,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">A dry shampoo—a marcel wave,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Your whiskers trimmed in any style.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Come in, sit down and stay a while.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Soon the barber chimpanzees</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Will bow and smile and say, “Next please!</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“We’re always busy—never stop.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Clippety, snippety, clippety, clop!”</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_071.jpg" + alt="CLIPPETY CLOP"> + <p class="caption">CLIPPETY CLOP!</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">PETROLEUM AND TURPENTINE</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> +<div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">“Oh won’t you be my Valentine</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“This wintertime, sweet Turpentine?”</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">“How can I be, Petroleum?</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“I’m promised to Linoleum.”</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_073.jpg" + alt="PETROLEUM AND TURPENTINE"> + <p class="caption">PETROLEUM AND TURPENTINE</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_74">[Pg 74]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE MILK AND HONEY HONEYMOON</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">The Milky Way was made for you,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">The Honey-Moon for me.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">If we could only mix the two</div> + <div class="verse indent0">How happy we should be!</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">With a milk-and-honey honeymoon,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">You see, my charming wife,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">We’d only need a table-spoon</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And we’d be fixed for life.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_075.jpg" + alt="THE MILK AND HONEY HONEYMOON"> + <p class="caption">THE MILK AND HONEY HONEYMOON</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">GIBBERISH</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Sing a song of gibberish,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">For this is rhyming day;</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Hasty pudding, stirabout,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">A goulash roundelay.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Sing a junket rigmarole,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">A shindig jamboree,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Catalogues or doggerels,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">They’re all the same to me.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_077.jpg" + alt="GIBBERISH"> + <p class="caption">GIBBERISH</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_78">[Pg 78]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">MRS. VAN DER HOOK</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">There was a little lady and</div> + <div class="verse indent2">her name was Mrs. Van der Hook.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">She lived upon the main street of</div> + <div class="verse indent2">the town of Amsterdam.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And when the neighbors told her it</div> + <div class="verse indent2">was very rude to stand and look,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">All she ever answered was,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">“Well that’s the way I am.”</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_079.jpg" + alt="MRS. VAN DER HOOK"> + <p class="caption">MRS. VAN DER HOOK</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_80">[Pg 80]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE RAT AND GUITAR</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">You’ve heard of the Cat and the Fiddle,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Well, I am the Rat and Guitar.</div> + <div class="verse indent4">I play by the moon</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Such a beautiful toon</div> + <div class="verse indent0">The Cat goes on sleeping—Ha! Ha!</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_081.jpg" + alt="THE RAT AND THE GUITAR"> + <p class="caption">THE RAT AND THE GUITAR</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_82">[Pg 82]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">BETWIXT AND BETWEEN</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Betwixt and Between were two betwins,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Their father’s name was Twoddle.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">They’ve been alike as a pair of pins</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Since they could scarcely toddle.</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_083.jpg" + alt="BETWIXT AND BETWEEN"> + <p class="caption">BETWIXT AND BETWEEN</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_84">[Pg 84]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE KITCHEN KALENDAR</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Pastry and Bun day</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Ought to be Monday.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Then Irish Stews-day</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Falls on a Tuesday.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Dine-out-with-friends day,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Let’s make that Wednesday.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Next, Apple-pie day</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Should always be Friday.</div> + <div class="verse indent0"></div> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent0">Sausage-in-batter day,</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Put that down Saturday.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">But what about Sunday?</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Oh, take a rest one day.</div> + </div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_085.jpg" + alt="Kitchen scene"> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_88">[Pg 88]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">THE HOUSEHOLD DRUDGE</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent2">The Household Drudge</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Was making fudge</div> + <div class="verse indent0">In a great big china basin.</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Alas! Alack!</div> + <div class="verse indent2">She turned her back</div> + <div class="verse indent0">And the poodle dipped his face in!</div> + </div> +</div> + + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_089.jpg" + alt="THE HOUSEHOLD DRUDGE"> + <p class="caption">THE HOUSEHOLD DRUDGE</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_90">[Pg 90]</span></p> + + +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">GOOD MORNING CORNUCOPIA</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent2">Good morning Cornucopia!</div> + <div class="verse indent2">Your face looks even soapier</div> + <div class="verse indent0">Than when I met you walking yesterday.</div> + <div class="stanza"> + <div class="verse indent2">I know it, dear Symposium,</div> + <div class="verse indent2">My complexion got so rosium</div> + <div class="verse indent0">I covered it with lather and I left it there to stay.</div> + 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x-ebookmaker-drop"> +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_94">[Pg 94]</span></p> +<div class="chapter"> +<p class="center larger">LULU GUBRIOUS</p> +</div> + +<div class="poetry-container"> + <div class="poetry"> + <div class="verse indent0">Said Auntie Macassar to Miss Lulu Gubrious</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Isn’t the weather just simply salubrious?”</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Why, no,” answered Lulu, “I think it’s monotonous.</div> + <div class="verse indent0">“Just think if the rain should have gone and forgotten us!”</div> + </div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> + <img src="images/i_095.jpg" + alt="LULU GUBRIOUS"> + <p class="caption">LULU GUBRIOUS</p> +</div><!--end figcenter--> + +<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop"> + +<div style='text-align:center'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 75663 ***</div> +</body> +</html> + diff --git a/75663-h/images/cover.jpg b/75663-h/images/cover.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..fd85181 --- 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