قراءة كتاب Gobolinks; or, Shadow Pictures for Young and Old
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اللغة: English
Gobolinks; or, Shadow Pictures for Young and Old
الصفحة رقم: 5
frighten the monsters that dwell on the land.
They took a sea-pumpkin and carved it by hand,
And lighted it up in their glee
With a phosphorus fish from the sea;
Now all the day long on the shore doth he stand,
While Land-loodles terrified flee,
Oh, yes,
The terrified Land-loodles flee.
THE FRIENDLY CHICKENS
These chicks have been out in all weathers,
They have little to show but pin-feathers;
But their friendship is strong,
And they sing us a song
Regardless of wherefores or whethers.
They have little to show but pin-feathers;
But their friendship is strong,
And they sing us a song
Regardless of wherefores or whethers.
THEY STAYED AT HOME
These chickens long debated
On a costume for a ball,
And became so much elated
That they didn't go at all.
On a costume for a ball,
And became so much elated
That they didn't go at all.
THE UNFRIENDLY CHICKENS
The saucy chicks which here you see
Know neither wrong nor right—
They can't be good like you and me,
Who sometimes really do agree—
So all day long they fight.
Know neither wrong nor right—
They can't be good like you and me,
Who sometimes really do agree—
So all day long they fight.
THE BUTTERFLY
How gaily flits the Butterfly
Across the seas of clover.
How blue the arching summer sky
That hangs the country over.
Across the seas of clover.
How blue the arching summer sky
That hangs the country over.
On wings of purple, brown, and gold
He drifts across the meadow.
His harmless flight you may behold
From Yucatan to Yeddo.
He drifts across the meadow.
His harmless flight you may behold
From Yucatan to Yeddo.
DIPSEY DOODLE..
This is little Dipsey Doodle,
Sometimes called the great Kioodle.
Sometimes called the great Kioodle.
HIS RELATIVE
This is Dipsey Doodle's brother—
They have ears like one another.
They have ears like one another.
A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE
Two Widgelums went for a walk one day
By the shores of a shimmering sea;
And one of them said to the other, "I pray,
Now what's your opinion of me?"
By the shores of a shimmering sea;
And one of them said to the other, "I pray,
Now what's your opinion of me?"
Then the Widgelum looked at his widgelous mate:
"My charming companion," said he,
"The things that I think I am loath to relate,
You look so exactly like me."
"My charming companion," said he,
"The things that I think I am loath to relate,
You look so exactly like me."
THE MASK
Here is a curious mask—
I don't know of whom or of what—
I've never had courage to ask;
A saint's I am sure it is not.
I don't know of whom or of what—
I've never had courage to ask;
A saint's I am sure it is not.
HUMAN NATURE?
Two rival Woojums did declare
That they must surely sever,
But lo! that day, they found that they
Were better friends than ever.
That they must surely sever,
But lo! that day, they found that they
Were better friends than ever.
RED RIDING-HOOD'S WOLF
Oh, this is the wolf that Red Riding-hood found
When she came to her grandmother's bed,
Her ears were so long and her eyes big and round,
While her voice had a strange and a terrible sound
When she answered what Riding-hood said,
For alas, the grandmother was dead.
And Little Red Riding-hood sprang with a bound
Through the doorway and hastily fled,
Oh, my,
In terror she hastily fled.
When she came to her grandmother's bed,
Her ears were so long and her eyes big and round,
While her voice had a strange and a terrible sound
When she answered what Riding-hood said,
For alas, the grandmother was dead.
And Little Red Riding-hood sprang with a bound
Through the doorway and hastily fled,
Oh, my,
In terror she hastily fled.
WITCH BROTH
Witches, witches in a tree,
Brew your broth of mystery.
Snail and toad and lizard in it—
Brew your broth of mystery.
Snail and toad and lizard in it—
