Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
Humorous Poems: V. NonsenseNonsense
Thomas Moore (17791852)G
When Phœbus hastens to his pillow,
The mermaids with their tresses green
Dancing upon the western billow;
If you have seen at twilight dim,
When the lone spirit’s vesper hymn
Floats wild along the winding shore,
The fairy train their ringlets weave
Glancing along the spangled green;
I you have seen all this, and more—
God bless me! what a deal you ’ve seen!