Fit The Fifth – The Beavers Lesson (Lewis Carroll Poems)
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;They pursued it with forks and hope;They threatened its life with ...
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;They pursued it with forks and hope;They threatened its life with ...
PREFACE If—-and the thing is wildly possible—-t he charge of writing nonsense were ever brought against the author of this brief but instructive ...
"You are old, father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on ...
Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task,Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as wellRest on a friendly knee, ...
Matilda Jane, you never lookAt any toy or picture-book.I show you pretty things in vainYou must be blind, Matilda Jane!I ...
As one who strives a hill to climb, Who never climbed before: Who finds it, in a little time, Grow ...
"OH, when I was a little Ghost, A merry time had we! Each seated on his favourite post, We chumped ...
The ladye she stood at her lattice high, Wi' her doggie at her feet; Thorough the lattice she can spy ...
AY, 'twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor ...
The day was wet, the rain fell souse Like jars of strawberry jam, a sound was heard in the ...
The Beaver's Lesson They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; ...
The Milk-and-Water School Alas! she would not hear my prayer! Yet it were rash to tear my hair; Disfigured, I ...
PREFACE If---and the thing is wildly possible---the charge of writing nonsense were ever brought against the author of this brief ...
I There was an ancient City, stricken down With a strange frenzy, and for many a day They paced from ...
With saddest music all day long She soothed her secret sorrow: At night she sighed "I fear 'twas wrong Such ...
A short direction To avoid dejection, By variations In occupations, And prolongation Of relaxation, And combinations Of recreations, And disputation ...
The First Voice HE trilled a carol fresh and free, He laughed aloud for very glee: There came a breeze ...
"How shall I be a poet? How shall I write in rhyme? You told me once the very wish Partook ...
Man Naturally loves delay, And to procrastinate; Business put off from day to day Is always done to late. Let ...
Dedication Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea. Girt with ...
Little maidens, when you look On this little story-book, Reading with attentive eye Its enticing history, Never think that hours ...
Five little girls, of Five, Four, Three, Two, One: Rolling on the hearthrug, full of tricks and fun. Five rosy ...
"You are old, Father william," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly ...
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogoves, And the ...
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