• There is a Zone whose even Years

    No Solstice interrupt —

    Whose Sun constructs perpetual Noon

    Whose perfect Seasons wait —


    Whose Summer set in Summer, till

    The Centuries of June

    And Centuries of August cease

    And Consciousness — is Noon.



  •  * * *


    There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,

    Came untied when the birds sate upon it;

            But she said: 'I don't care!

            All the birds in the air

    Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!'


     <Publ. 1846>


  • * * *

    There was a Young Lady whose chin,
    Resembled the point of a pin;
    ...



  •  * * *


    There was a Young Lady whose eyes,

    Were unique as to colour and size;

           When she opened them wide,

           People all turned aside,

    And started away in surprise.

    <Publ. 1846>

  • * * *


    There was a Young Lady whose nose,

    Was so long that it reached to her toes;

      So she hired an Old Lady,

      Whose conduct was steady,

    To carry that wonderful nose.

    Pub. 1846

     
    ...

  •  * * *


    There was an Old Man, on whose nose,

    Most birds of the air could repose;

    But they all flew away

    At the closing of day,

    Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.


     <Publ. 1846>



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    There was an Old Person whose habits,

    Induced him to feed upon rabbits;

           ‎ When he'd eaten eighteen,

           ‎ He turned perfectly green,

    Upon which he relinquished those habits.

    <Publ. 1846>