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| 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.' | |
| He'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin, | |
| 'Forward, the Light Brigade!' Was there a man dismayed? | |
| Mimes, in the form of God on high, Mutter and mumble low | |
| 'I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high; Will you rest upon my little bed?' | |
| We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. | |
| 'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!' | |
| They sailed away in a Sieve, they did, In a Sieve they sailed so fast, | |
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| Banners yellow, glorious, golden, On its roof did float and flow, (This-all this-was in the olden Time long ago,) | |
| I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; | |
| We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn.. | |
| He thought he saw a Buffalo Upon the chimney-piece: He looked again, and found it was His Sister's Husband's Niece | |
| The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads | |
| In school he never led his classes, He hid old ladies' reading glasses, His mouth was open when he chewed, And elbows to the table glued. He stole the milk of hungry kittens,. | |
| Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? | |
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