A Nonsense Anthology, by

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Compiler

Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942

Title

A Nonsense Anthology

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Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Robert Prince and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Nonsense verses

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Text

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9380

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9380

Release Date

November 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TO
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.INTRODUCTION — A NONSENSE ANTHOLOGY — JABBERWOCKY
4. 4.MORS IABROCHII
5. 5.THE NYUM-NYUM
6. 6.UFFIA
7. 7.SPIRK TROLL-DERISIVE
8. 8.THE WHANGO TREE
9. 9.SING FOR THE GARISH EYE
10. 10.THE CRUISE OF THE "P.C."
11. 11.TO MARIE
12. 12.LUNAR STANZAS
13. 13.NONSENSE
14. 14.SONNET FOUND IN A DESERTED MAD HOUSE
15. 15.THE OCEAN WANDERER
16. 16.SHE'S ALL MY FANCY PAINTED HIM
17. 17.MY RECOLLECTEST THOUGHTS
18. 18.FATHER WILLIAM
19. 19.IN THE GLOAMING
20. 20.BALLAD OF BEDLAM
21. 21.'TIS SWEET TO ROAM
22. 22.HYMN TO THE SUNRISE — THE MOON IS UP
23. 23.'TIS MIDNIGHT
24. 24.UPRISING SEE THE FITFUL LARK
25. 25.LIKE TO THE THUNDERING TONE
26. 26.MY DREAM
27. 27.MY HOME
28. 28.IN IMMEMORIAM
29. 29.THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL
30. 30.DARWINITY
31. 31.SONG OF THE SCREW
32. 32.MOORLANDS OF THE NOT
33. 33.METAPHYSICS
34. 34.ABSTROSOPHY
35. 35.ABSTEMIA
36. 36.PSYCHOLOPHON
37. 37.TIMON OF ARCHIMEDES
38. 38.ALONE
39. 39.LINES BY A MEDIUM
40. 40.TRANSCENDENTALISM
41. 41.INDIFFERENCE
42. 42.HEART-FOAM
43. 43.COSSIMBAZAR
44. 44.THE PERSONIFIED SENTIMENTAL
45. 45.A CLASSIC ODE
46. 46.WHERE AVALANCHES WAIL
47. 47.BLUE MOONSHINE
48. 48.NONSENSE
49. 49.SUPERIOR NONSENSE VERSES
50. 50.WHEN MOONLIKE ORE THE HAZURE SEAS
51. 51.LINES BY A PERSON OF QUALITY
52. 52.FRANGIPANNI
53. 53.LINES BY A FOND LOVER
54. 54.FORCING A WAY
55. 55.THY HEART
56. 56.A LOVE-SONG BY A LUNATIC
57. 57.THE PARTERRE
58. 58.TO MOLLIDUSTA
59. 59.JOHN JONES
60. 60.THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT
61. 61.A BALLADE OF THE NURSERIE — ENVOI
62. 62.A BALLAD OF HIGH ENDEAVOR
63. 63.THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG
64. 64.OH! WEARY MOTHER
65. 65.SWISS AIR
66. 66.THE BULBUL
67. 67.BALLAD
68. 68.OH, MY GERALDINE
69. 69.BUZ, QUOTH THE BLUE FLY
70. 70.A SONG ON KING WILLIAM III
71. 71.THERE WAS A MONKEY
72. 72.THE GUINEA PIG
73. 73.THREE CHILDREN
74. 74.IF
75. 75.A RIDDLE
76. 76.THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN
77. 77.THREE ACRES OF LAND
78. 78.MASTER AND MAN
79. 79.HYDER IDDLE
80. 80.KING ARTHUR
81. 81.IN THE DUMPS
82. 82.TWEEDLE-DUM AND TWEEDLE-DEE
83. 83.MARTIN TO HIS MAN
84. 84.THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO — III — IV — VI — VII — VIII
85. 85.THE POBBLE WHO HAS NO TOES
86. 86.THE JUMBLIES
87. 87.INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MY UNCLE ARLY
88. 88.LINES TO A YOUNG LADY
89. 89.WAYS AND MEANS
90. 90.THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER
91. 91.THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
92. 92.SYLVIE AND BRUNO
93. 93.GENTLE ALICE BROWN
94. 94.THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB
95. 95.FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA, OR THE GENTLE PIEMAN
96. 96.GENERAL JOHN
97. 97.LITTLE BILLEE
98. 98.THE WRECK OF THE "JULIE PLANTE "
99. 99.THE SHIPWRECK
100. 100.A SAILOR'S YARN
101. 101.THE WALLOPING WINDOW-BLIND
102. 102.THE ROLLICKING MASTODON
103. 103.THE SILVER QUESTION
104. 104.THE SINGULAR SANGFROID OF BABY BUNTING
105. 105.FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY
106. 106.THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN
107. 107.MALUM OPUS
108. 108.ÆSTIVATION
109. 109.A HOLIDAY TASK
110. 110.PUER EX JERSEY
111. 111.THE LITTLE PEACH
112. 112.YE LAYE OF YE WOODPECKORE
113. 113.COLLUSION BETWEEN A ALEGAITER AND A WATER-SNAIK
114. 114.ODD TO A KROKIS
115. 115.SOME VERSES TO SNAIX
116. 116.A GREAT MAN
117. 117.AN ELEGY
118. 118.PARSON GRAY
119. 119.AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG
120. 120.THE WONDERFUL OLD MAN
121. 121.A CHRONICLE
122. 122.ON THE OXFORD CARRIER
123. 123.NEPHELIDIA — MARTIN LUTHER AT POTSDAM
124. 124.COMPANIONS
125. 125.THE COCK AND THE BULL
126. 126.LOVERS AND A REFLECTION
127. 127.AN IMITATION OF WORDSWORTH
128. 128.THE FAMOUS BALLAD OF THE JUBILEE CUP
129. 129.A SONG OF IMPOSSIBILITIES
130. 130.TRUST IN WOMEN
131. 131.HERE IS THE TALE
132. 132.THE AULD WIFE
133. 133.NOT I
134. 134.MINNIE AND WINNIE
135. 135.THE MAYOR OF SCUTTLETON
136. 136.THE PURPLE COW
137. 137.THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE
138. 138.THE LAZY ROOF
139. 139.MY FEET
140. 140.THE HEN
141. 141.THE COW
142. 142.THE CHIMPANZEE
143. 143.THE HIPPOPOTAMUS
144. 144.THE PLATYPUS
145. 145.SOME GEESE
146. 146.THE FLAMINGO — FIRST VOICE.
147. 147.KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
148. 148.SAGE COUNSEL
149. 149.OF BAITING THE LION
150. 150.THE FROG
151. 151.THE YAK
152. 152.THE PYTHON
153. 153.THE BISON
154. 154.THE PANTHER
155. 155.THE MONKEY'S GLUE
156. 156.THERE WAS A FROG
157. 157.THE BLOATED BIGGABOON
158. 158.WILD FLOWERS
159. 159.TIMID HORTENSE
160. 160.HER POLKA DOTS
161. 161.HER DAIRY
162. 162.TURVEY TOP
163. 163.WHAT THE PRINCE OF I DREAMT
164. 164.THE DINKEY-BIRD
165. 165.THE MAN IN THE MOON — THE STORY OF THE WILD HUNTSMAN
166. 166.THE STORY OF PYRAMID THOTHMES
167. 167.THE STORY OF CRUEL PSAMTEK
168. 168.THE CUMBERBUNCE
169. 169.THE AHKOND OF SWAT
170. 170.A THRENODY
171. 171.DIRGE OF THE MOOLLA OF KOTAL — II. — III.
172. 172.RUSSIAN AND TURK
173. 173.LINES TO MISS FLORENCE HUNTINGDON
174. 174.COBBE'S PROPHECIES
175. 175.AN UNSUSPECTED FACT
176. 176.THE SORROWS OF WERTHER
177. 177.NONSENSE VERSES
178. 178.THE NOBLE TUCK-MAN
179. 179.THE PESSIMIST
180. 180.THE MODERN HIAWATHA
181. 181.ON THE ROAD
182. 182.UNCLE SIMON AND UNCLE JIM
183. 183.POOR DEAR GRANDPAPA
184. 184.THE SEA-SERPENT
185. 185.MELANCHOLIA
186. 186.THE MONKEY'S WEDDING
187. 187.MR. FINNEY'S TURNIP
188. 188.THE SUN
189. 189.THE AUTUMN LEAVES
190. 190.IN THE NIGHT
191. 191.POOR BROTHER
192. 192.THE BOY
193. 193.THE SEA
194. 194.THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL
195. 195.FIN DE SIÈCLE
196. 196.MARY JANE
197. 197.TENDER-HEARTEDNESS
198. 198.IMPETUOUS SAMUEL
199. 199.MISFORTUNES NEVER COME SINGLY
200. 200.AUNT ELIZA
201. 201.SUSAN
202. 202.BABY AND MARY
203. 203.THE SUNBEAM
204. 204.LITTLE WILLIE
205. 205.MARY AMES
206. 206.MUDDLED METAPHORS
207. 207.VILLON'S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES
208. 208.ODE TO THE HUMAN HEART — IMERICKS
209. 209.VERS NONSENSIQUES
210. 210.INDEX OF TITLES — INDEX OF AUTHORS

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