John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Edward Lear. (1812–1888) (continued) |
| 7049 |
| 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 Jumblies. |
| 7050 |
| 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 Have all built their nests in my beard.” |
| Limerick. |
| 7051 |
| The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat. |
| The Owl and The Pussy-Cat. |
| 7052 |
| They sailed away for a year and a day To the land where the bong-tree grows. |
| The Owl and The Pussy-Cat. |
| 7053 |
| In the middle of the woods Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. Two old chairs and half a candle, One old jug without a handle— These were all the worldly goods. |
| The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. |
| 7054 |
| When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; |
| The Dong with the luminous Nose. |
| Robert Browning. (1812–1889) |
| 7055 |
| Any nose May ravage with impunity a rose. |
| Sordello. Book vi. |
| 7056 |
| That we devote ourselves to God, is seen In living just as though no God there were. |
| Paracelsus. Part i. |
| 7057 |
| Be sure that God Ne’er dooms to waste the strength he deigns impart. |
| Paracelsus. Part i. |