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Ascent of Lushan
Ascent of Lushan
Perching as after flight, the mountain towers over the Yangtze;
I have overleapt four hundred twists to its green crest.
Cold-eyed I sur…
Chingkangshan
Chingkangshan
Below the hills fly our flags and banners,
Above the hilltops sound our bugles and drums.
The foe encircles us thousands strong,
Against the First Encirclement Campaign
Against the First Encirclement Campaign
Forests blaze red beneath the frosty sky,
The wrath of Heaven's armies soars to the clouds.
Mist veils Lungkang, …
You Are Old Father William
You Are Old Father William
"You are old, father William," the young man said,
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your…
The White Knight's Song
The White Knight's Song
'Haddock's Eyes' or 'The Aged Aged Man' or
'Ways and Means' or 'ASitting
On A Gate'
I'll tell thee everything I can; …
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat!
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat!
" it
was at the great concert given by the
Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing
`Twinkle, twinkle, little b…
The Sea
The Sea
There are certain things a
spider, a ghost,
The incometax,
gout, an umbrella for three That
I hate, but the thing that I hate the mos…
The Voice of the Lobster
The Voice of the Lobster
''Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare
'You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.'
As a duck with its eyel…
The Mad Gardener's Song
The Mad Gardener's Song
He thought he saw an Elephant,
That practised on a fife:
He looked again, and found it was
A letter from his wife.
'A…
The Palace of Humbug
The Palace of Humbug
Lays of Mystery,
Imagination, and Humor
Number 1
I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls,
And each damp…
The Lang Coortin'
The Lang Coortin'
The ladye she stood at her lattice high,
Wi' her doggie at her feet;
Thorough the lattice she can spy
The passers in the street, …
The Hunting of the Snark
The Hunting of the Snark
Fit the First
THE LANDING
'Just the place for a Snark!' the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy
Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy
And with that she
began nursing her child again, singing a sort of
lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a violent …
The Aged Aged Man
The Aged Aged Man
I'll tell thee everything I can;
There's little to relate.
I saw an aged aged man,
Asitting
on a gate.
"Who are you, …
Punctuality
Punctuality
Man Naturally loves delay,
And to procrastinate;
Business put off from day to day
Is always done to late.
Let e…
She's All My Fancy Painted Him
She's All My Fancy Painted Him
She's all my fancy painted him
(I make no idle boast);
If he or you had lost a limb,
Which would have suffered most?…
Preface to Hunting of the Snark
Preface to Hunting of the Snark
PREFACE
Ifand
the thing is wildly possiblethe
charge of writing
nonsense were ever brought against the …
Photography Extraordinary
Photography Extraordinary
The MilkandWater
School
Alas! she would not hear my prayer!
Yet it were rash to tear my hair;
Disfigured, I should …
Phantasmagoria CANTO VI ( Dyscomfyture )
Phantasmagoria CANTO VI ( Dyscomfyture )
As one who strives a hill to climb,
Who never climbed before:
Who finds it, in a little time,
Grow every m…
Phantasmagoria CANTO IV ( Hys Nouryture )
Phantasmagoria CANTO IV ( Hys Nouryture )
"OH, when I was a little Ghost,
A merry time had we!
Each seated on his favourite post,
We chumped and ch…
Phantasmagoria CANTO II ( Hys Fyve Rules )
Phantasmagoria CANTO II ( Hys Fyve Rules )
"MY First but
don't suppose," he said,
"I'm setting you a riddle Is
if
your Victim be in bed,
My Fancy
My Fancy
I painted her a gushing thing,
With years about a score;
I little thought to find they were
A least a dozen more;
My fancy gave her …
Little Birds
Little Birds
Little Birds are dining
Warily and well,
Hid in mossy cell:
Hid, I say, by waiters
Gorgeous in their gaiters I've
a Tale t…
Melancholetta
Melancholetta
With saddest music all day long
She soothed her secret sorrow:
At night she sighed "I fear 'twas wrong
Such cheerful words to b…