LIBRARY OF FREDERICK L. HOSMER For Bookes are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potencie of Life in them to be as active as that Soule was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a violl the purest efficacie and extraction of that living Intellect that bred them. K.BRIM J9HNS? EP-P / 711 o 1 zi o 7 THE EDITOR'S NOTE THE following verses have been selected from "Lilliput Levee/' 1868, and from W. B. Rands' numerous contributions to magazines* He wrote * A portion of the Introductory Verses to " Lilliput Legends" is also included. THE EDITOR'S NOTE under many signatures, never enumerated; but with the generous assistance of his son, Mr. Paul W. Rands, and his publisher, Mr. Alexander Strahan / have been able to identify and examine all his work. Three poems are included, by per- mission, from the reprint of <{ Lilliput Lectures," which I lately edited for Mr. James Bowden. Messrs. Dalziel have allowed me to use one from "Hood's Comic Annual" All other rights be- longed to Mr. Strahan, and have been transferred, with the full concurrence of Mr. P. W. Rands, to Mr. John Lane for this volume. Nothing has been included from "Innocent's Island," which we hope to reprint shortly with some of the "Lilliput Revels." These are poems for children, with whom Rands was always at his best, and have been chosen in re- membrance of their tastes and understandings. As many of them are printed from magazines and never received the author s Jinal revision, I have THE EDITOR'S NOTE occasionally edited the text, without scruple, by omitting weak lines or even altering a word. R. B. J. RAT-TAT ! the postman knocks! This is the Lilliput letter-box. A penny for your thoughts, my dear ! So said the Raven in Odin's ear. Here comes a letter from Thing-a-my- Bob, A letter from Ruth, a letter from Rob. Rat-tat ! the postman knocks ! This is the Lilliput letter-box. CONTENTS LYRICS Lilliput Levee p a ge 17 Doll Poems 1. The Pictwe 24* 2. The Love Story 25 3. Dressing Her 27 The Little Doll's House in A ready 30 The Pedlar's Caravan 35 The First Tooth 37 Praise and Love 40 11 CONTENTS Two Pictures Page 43 The. Ship that Sailed into the Sun 46 The Young Exile 48 The Coming Storm 51 The Discontented Yew-Tree 52 The Little Brother 55 Cuckoo in the Pear-Tree 57 Madcap 59 The Bewitched Toys; or, Queen Mab in Child-World 65 The New World 72 Lina and her Lamb 75 The Boy that Loves a Baby 78 Harold and Alice; or, The Reformed Giant 81 Prince Philibert 91 Gold-Boy and Green-Girl 94 At Harvest-Time 97 See-Saw 99 Great, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful World 101 Kittens and Chickens 103 The Making of the Music 106 The Race of the Flowers 109 Polly 112 The Windmill 116 The Girl that Garibaldi Kissed 118 Seeing God 122 Fair Lady, Rare Lady 124 The Absent Boy 126 Morning 1 29 The Rising, Watching Moon 131 12 CONTENTS The Flowers Page 133 The Penance of the Little Maid 135 Frodgedobbulum's Fancy 137 The Guinea-Pig 148 Little Boy Blue 150 Miss Hooper 152 A Shooting Song 156 A Fishing Song 158 Shockheaded Cicely and the Two Bears l6l Mothers Joy 16'8 The Baby 170 What will Auntie send? 173 Lords-and-Ladies 176 The Dog and the Patch of Moonshine 1 78 Autumn Song 182 The Drummer-Boy and the Shepherdess 184 Lullaby 186 Clean Clara 188 The Lavender Beds 191 LITTLE DITTIES 194 BABY'S BELLS 237 NONSENSE RHYMES Tuesday 279 Jo% /c& 281 TVze Dwc& and her Ducklings 282 13 CONTENTS Little Ben Bute Page 284 The Dream of a Girl who Lived at Seven- Oaks 2 86 The Dream of a Boy who Lived at Nine- Elms 287 Four Little Histories 289 A Big Noise 294 The Alarm 295 Cicero Brick 297 The Obstinate Cow 301 Lavender Lady 304 Odd Rhymes 31 j Topsyturvey- World 3 1 6 Miss Waver 3ig Jeremy Jangle 320 Stalky Jack 322 The Fiddler and the Crocodile 324 L'Envoi 330 14 LILLIPUT LEVEE WHERE does Pianofore Palace stand? Right in the middle of Lilliput-land ! There the Queen eats bread-and-honey, There the King counts up his money ! 17 LILLIPUT LEVEE Oh, the Glorious Revolution ! Oh, the Provisional Constitution ! Now that the children, clever bold folks, Have turned the tables upon the Old Folks ! Easily the thing was done, For the children were more than two to one; Brave as lions, quick as foxes, With hoards of wealth in their money-boxes ! They seized the keys, they patrolled the street, They drove the policeman off his beat, They built barricades, they stationed sentries You must give the word, when you come to the entries ! They dressed themselves in the Riflemen's clothes, They had pea-shooters, they had arrows and bows, So as to put resistance down Order reigns in Lilliput-town ! They made the baker bake hot rolls, They made the wharfinger send in coals, They made the butcher kill the calf, They cut the telegraph-wires in half. They went to the chemist's, and with their feet They kicked the physic all down the street ; They went to the schoolroom and tore the books, They munched the puffs at the pastrycook's. 18 LILLIPUT LEVEE They sucked the jam, they lost the spoons, They sent up several fire-balloons, They let off crackers, they burnt a guy, They piled a bonfire ever so high. They offered a prize for the laziest boy, And one for the most Magnificent toy ; They split or burnt the canes offhand, They made new laws in Lilliput-land. Never do to-day what you can Put off till to-morrow, one of them ran ; Late to bed and late to rise Was another law which they did devise. They passed a law to have always plenty Of beautiful things : we shall mention twenty A magic lantern for all to see, Rabbits to keep, and a Christmas-tree, A boat, a house that went on wheels, An organ to grind, and sherry at meals, Drums and wheelbarrows, Roman candles, Whips with whistles let into the handles, A real live giant, a roc to fly, A goat to tease, a copper to sky, A garret of apples, a box of paints, A saw and a hammer, and no complaints. 19 LILLIPUT LEVEE Nail up the door, slide down the stairs, Saw off the legs of the parlour chairs That was the way in Lilliput-land, The children having the upper hand. They made the Old Folks come to school, And in pinafores, that was the rule, Saying, Eener-deener-diner-duss, Kattler-wheeler-whiler-wuss ; They made them learn all sorts of things That nobody liked. They had catechisings ; They kept them in, they sent them down In class, in school, in Lilliput-town. O but they gave them tit-for-tat ! Thick bread-and-butter, and all that ; Stick-jaw pudding that tires your chin, With the marmalade spread ever so thin ! They governed the clock in Lilliput-land, They altered the hour or the minute-hand, They made the day fast, they made the day slow, Just as they wished the time to go. They never waited for king or for cat; They never wiped their shoes on the mat ; Their joy was great ; their joy was greater ; They rode in the baby's perambulator ! 20 LILLIPUT LEVEE There was a Levee in Lilliput-town, At Pinafore Palace. Smith and Brown, Jones and Robinson had to attend All to whom they cards did send. Every one rode in a cab to the door ; Every one came in a pinafore ; Lady and gentleman, rat-tat-tat, Loud knock, proud knock, opera hat ! The place was covered with silver and gold, The place was as full as it ever could hold ; The ladies kissed her Majesty's hand, Such was the custom in Lilliput-land. His Majesty knighted eight or ten, Perhaps a score, of the gentlemen, Some of them short and some of them tall Arise, Sir What' s-a-name What-do-y oil-call ! Nuts and nutmeg (that's in the negus) ; The bill of fare would perhaps fatigue us ; Forty-five fiddlers to play the fiddle ; Right foot, left foot, down the middle. Conjuring tricks with the poker and tongs, Riddles and forfeits, singing of songs ; One fat man, too fat by far, Tried "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." 21 B LILLIPUT LEVEE His voice was gruff, his pinafore tight, His wife said, "Mind, dear, sing it right," But he forgot, and said Fa-la-la ! The Queen of Lilliput's own papa ! She frowned, and ordered him up to bed : He said he was sorry ; she shook her head ; His clean shirt-front with his tears was stained But discipline had to be maintained. The Constitution ! The Law ! The Crown ! Order reigns in Lilliput-town ! The Queen is Jill, and the King is John ; I trust the Government will get on. I noticed, being a man of rhymes, An advertisement in the Lilliput Times : " PINAFORE PALACE. This is to state That the Court is in want of a Laureate. " Nothing menial required. Poets, willing to be hired, May send in Specimens at once, Care of the Chamberlain DOUBLEDUNCE." Said I to myself Here's a chance for me The Lilliput Laureate for to be ! And these are the Specimens 1 sent in To Pinafore Palace. Shall I win? 22 LILLIPUT LEVEE PUBLIC NOTICE. This is to state That these are the specimens left at the gate Of Pinafore Palace, exact to date, In the hands of the porter, Curlypale, Who sits in his plush on a chair of stale, By the gentleman who is a candidate For the office of LILLIPUT LAUREATE. DOLL POEMS I THE PICTURE THIS is her picture Dolladine The beautifullest doll that ever was seen ! Oh, what nosegays ! Oh, what sashes ! Oh, what beautiful eyes and lashes ! 24 DOLL POEMS Oh, what a precious perfect pet ! On each instep a pink rosette ; Little blue shoes for her little blue tots; Elegant ribbons in bows and knots. Her hair is powdered ; her arms are straight, Only feel she is quite a weight ! Her legs are limp, though ; stand up, miss !- What a beautiful buttoned-up mouth to kiss ! II THE LOVE STORY THIS is the doll with respect to whom A story is told that ends in gloom ; For there was a sensitive little sir Went out of his mind for love of her ! They pulled a wire, she moved her eye ; They squeezed the bellows, they made her cry ; But the boy could never be persuaded That these were really things which they did. " My Dolladine," he said, " has life ; I love her, and she shall be my wife ; Dainty delicate Dolladine, The prettiest girl that ever was seen ! " DOLL POEMS To give his passion a chance to cool, They sent the lover to boarding-school. But absence only made it worse He never learnt anything, prose or verse ! He drew her likeness on his slate ; His Grammar was in a dreadful state, With Dolladine all over the edges, And true-love knots, and vows, and pledges. What was the consequence ? Doctor Whack Begged of his parents to take him back. When his condition, poor boy, was seen, Too late, they sent for Dolladine. And now he will never part with her : He calls her lily, and rose, and myrrh, Dolly-o'-diamonds, precious lamb, Humming-bird, honey-pot, jewel, jam, Darling, delicate-dear-delight, Angel-o'-red, angel-o'-white, Queen of beauty, and suchlike names ; In fact all manner of darts and flames ! Of course, while he keeps up this wooing His education goes to ruin : What are his prospects in future life, With only a doll for his lawful wife ? 26 DOLL POEMS It is feared his parents' hearts will break ! And there's one remark I wish to make : I may be wrong, but it seems a pity For a movable doll to be made too pretty. An old-fashioned doll, that is not like nature, Can never pass for a human creature ; It is in a doll that moves her eyes That the danger of these misfortunes lies ! The lover's name must be suppressed For obvious reasons. He lives out west, And if I call him Pygmalion Pout, I don't believe you will find him out ! Ill DRESSING HER THIS is the way we dress the Doll: You may make her a shepherdess, the Doll, If you give her a crook with a pastoral hook, But this is the way we dress the Doll. Chorus: Bless the Doll, you may press the Doll, But do not crumple and mess the Doll ! This is the way we dress the Doll. 27 DOLL POEMS First, you observe her little chemise, As white as milk, with ruches of silk ; And the little drawers that cover her knees, As she sits or stands, with golden bands, And lace in beautiful filagrees. Chorus : Bless the Doll, you may press the Doll, Bu;t do not crumple or mess the Doll ! This is the way we dress the Doll. Now these are the bodies : she has two. One of pink, with ruches of blue, And sweet white lace ; be careful, do ! And one of green, with buttons of sheen, Buttons and bands of gold, I mean, With lace on the border in lovely order, The most expensive we can afford her ! Chorus : Bless the Doll, you may press the Doll, But do not crumple or mess ' the Doll ! This is the way we dress the Doll. Then, with black at the border, jacket ; And this and this she will not lack it; Skirts ? Why, there are skirts, of course, And shoes and stockings we shall enforce, With a proper bodice, in the proper place (Stays that lace have had their days And made their martyrs) ; likewise garters, All entire. But our desire 28 DOLL POEMS Is to show you her night attire, At least a part of it. Pray admire This sweet white thing that she goes to bed in ! It's not the one that's made for her wedding; That is special, a new design, Made with a charm and a countersign, Three times three and nine times nine : These are only her usual clothes : Look, there s a wardrobe ! gracious knows It's pretty enough, as far as it goes ! So you see the way we dress the Doll: You might make her a shepherdess, the Doll, If you gave her a crook with a pastoral hook, With sheep, and a shed, and a shallow brook, And all that, out of the poetry-book. Chorus: Bless the Doll, you may press the Doll, But do not crumple and mess the Doll ! This is the way we dress the Doll ; If you had not seen, could you guess the Doll ? THE LITTLE DOLL'S HOUSE IN ARCADY boys and girls were exceeding gay, A With billycock bonnets and curds and whey, And I thought that I was in Arcady, For the fringe of the forest was fair to see. 30 DOLL'S HOUSE IN ARCADY But the very first hayrick that I came to Did turn to a Doll's House, fair and true ; 1 saw with my eyes where the same did sit, And there was a rainbow over it. The people inside were setting the platters, The chairs and tables, and suchlike matters, And making the beds and getting the tea : But through a bow-window I saw the sea. Up came a damsel : " Sir," she said, " Will you walk with me by my garden bed ? Will you sit in my parlour by-and-by ? " " I will sit in your parlour, my dear," said I. " Will you hear my starling gossip ? " said she, And now I felt sure it was Arcady ; But a starling never could do the rhyming That very soon in my ears was chiming : J Lilliputlandum, Twopenny tiptop, sugaricandum, Snip-snap snorum, hot-cross buns, Conjugatorum, double-dunce. " Fannyfold funnyface, fairy-tale, Cat in a cockle-boat, wigglum-whale, Dickory-dolphin, humpty-hoo, Floppety-fluteykin, tootle-tum-too." 31 DOLL'S HOUSE IN ARCADY Said I, "There may be a clown outside, And a clown I never could yet abide, A picker and stealer, a clumsy joker, Who stirs up his friends with a burning poker. " But perhaps/' said I, " I mistake the plan ; It may be the Punch-and-Judy man, Or the other, that keeps the galante show And the marionettes, for what I know." Then I opened the window through thick and thin, And in with a bounce came a Harlequin, And very distinctly I heard a band Strike up the dances of Lilliput Land. To wonder at this I did incline, " And where," said I, " is the Columbine Tip-toe twist-about, shimmer and shine, Where is the beautiful Columbine ? " Then out from the curtains, all shimmer and shine, With a rose-red sash came Columbine, And Harlequin took her by the hand, And they stepped it out in Lilliput Land; Twirl about, whirl about, shimmer and shine, O a rose-red sash had Columbine ! 32 DOLL'S HOUSE IN ARCADY Then one of the folks who had set the tea In Doll's House fashion, did climb my knee, And he said, "Would you like, sir, to take a trip With me ? Have you seen my little ship ? " The ship, as he called it, was certainly small, For the dot of a sailor could carry it all : So both got in, and away went we, Coasting the sea-board of Arcady. Then I told a story, and he told one, But they both got mixed before they were done ; And so did we, as the day grew dim, And the child was myself, and myself was him. But now it was getting time to land, So I stepped into Fleet Street, and went up the Strand, For I thought I should like to study the trade They drive in toys at the Lowther Arcade. And whom should I see, at a Doll's House door, But the very same damsel I met before ! " I thought I should see you again," says she ; "And a few of my friends will be here to tea." Then the Punch-and-Judy man came in, And Columbine and the Harlequin, The man that patters in front of the show, And the children and how their tongues did go ! 33 DOLL'S HOUSE IN ARCADY But what makes the place so sweet? thought I, As scents of the heather and furze went by, And with them a whiff of the rolling sea ; And then I remembered Arcady, As the party were tittering over the tea. 34, THE PEDLAR'S CARAVAN I WISH I lived in a caravan, With a horse to drive, like a pedlar-man ! Where he comes from nobody knows, Or where he goes to, but on he goes ! His caravan has windows two, And a chimney of tin, that the smoke comes through ; He has a wife, with a baby brown, And they go riding from town to town. 35 THE PEDLAR'S CARAVAN Chairs to mend, and delf to sell ! He clashes the basins like a bell ; Tea-trays, baskets ranged in order, Plates, with alphabets round the border! The roads are brown, and the sea is green, But his house is like a bathing-machine; The world is round, and he can ride, Rumble and slash, to the other side ! With the pedlar-man I should like to roam, And write a book when I came home ; All the people would read my book, Just like the Travels of Captain Cook ! THE FIRST TOOTH once was a wood, and a very thick A wood, So thick that to walk was as much as you could But a sunbeam got in, and the trees understood. 37 c THE FIRST TOOTH I went to this wood, at the end of the snows, And as I was walking I saw a primrose; Only one ! Shall I show you the place where it grows ? There once was a house, and a very dark house, As dark, I believe, as the hole of a mouse, Or a tree in my wood, at the thick of the boughs. I went to this house, and I searched it aright, I opened the chambers, and I found a light ; Only one ! Shall I show you this little lamp bright? There once was a cave, and this very dark cave One day took a gift from an incoming wave ; And I made up my mind to know what the sea gave. I took a lit torch, I walked round the ness When the water was lowest; and in a recess In my cave was a jewel. Will nobody guess ? O there was a baby, he sat on my knee, With a pearl in his mouth that was precious to me, His little dark mouth like my cave of the sea ! 38 THE FIRST TOOTH I said to my heart, " And my jewel is bright ! He blooms like a primrose! He shines like a light!" Put your hand in his mouth ! Do you feel ? He can bite! PRAISE AND LOVE r I 'ELL me, Praise, and tell me, Love, A What you both are thinking of? 40 PRAISE AND LOVE "Oh, we think/' said Love, said Praise, " Now of children and their ways." Give me of your cup to drink, Praise, and tell me all you think. " Oh, I think of crowns of gold For the clever and the bold." Then I turned to Love, and said, Love was glowing heavenly-red, Give me of your cup to drink, Love, and tell me all you think. Let me taste your bitter-sweet ; Who are those that kiss your feet? Love looked up I read her eyes They were stars and they were skies. Clinging to her garment's hem, Smiling as I looked at them, There were children scarred and halt, Children weeping for a fault; 41 PRAISE AND LOVE Those who scarcely dared to raise Doubtful eyes to smiling Praise. Love looked round, and Praise and Pride Brought their glad ones to her side. "Yea, these too," she said or sang, And the world with music rang. TWO PICTURES I THERE was a little fellow Who lived across the sea, His hair was brown and yellow As any honey-bee. Sometimes he was the smartest Of warriors in the van ; He was a Bonapartist, And a Republican. 43 tWO PICTURES A fort of cards he builded, Though now and then they slid ; With ammunition filled it, Or made believe he did ; And when the fort was wrought up, This little man amain His big artillery brought up, And blew it down again ! II This little Bonapartist, Or, say, Republican, Would sometimes play the artist, The busy little man ! Sometimes he was untidy, Though often he was smart; He thought that he was mighty In many kinds of Art. He sat like any fixture, The drawing-board before ; And, oh, to see the mixture Of colours on the floor ! Such was this little fellow, Who lived across the sea, Whose hair was brown and yellow, Just like a honey-bee. 44 TWO PICTURES III Seven-and-seventy mothers, This side of the sea, Said, "We know some others Quite as nice as he ! " Seven-and-seventy brothers Said, " And so do we ! " Seven-and-seventy sisters, Hearing this acclaim, Said to those young misters, "We think just the same." 45 THE SHIP THAT SAILED INTO THE SUN T HEY said my brother's ship went down, Down into the sea, 46 THE SHIP THAT SAILED INTO THE SUN Because a storm came on to drown The biggest ships that be ; But I saw the ship, when he went away ; I saw it pass, and pass ; The tide was low, I went out to play, The sea was all like glass ; The ship sailed straight into the sun, Half of a ball of gold- Onward it went till it touched the sun I saw the ship take hold ! But soon I saw them both no more, The sun and the ship together, For the wind began to hoot and to roar, And there was stormy weather. Yet every day the golden ball Rests on the edge of the sky; The sun it is, with the ship and all, For the ship sailed into the golden ball Across the edge of the sky. L 1 THE YOUNG EXILE ITTLE Boy From Savoy, With the slouch-sandalled feet, With the pipe in your hand, To play on, as you stand In the long, stony, stupid, stumbling street ; 48 THE YOUNG EXILE I heard a noise just now, And I got up from my desk, Saying, "What can be the row?" For the dogs went bow-wow, And I-cannot-tell-you-how Went your music ; and the whole thing was grotesque. Then I saw you, picturesque, In the weather, With a feather In your rough wide-awake, And a bowl, Poor young soul ! In your hand for the coppers you might take; And the handsome face you had, Little lad, Olive skin of the South, Large eyes and well-set mouth, I admired very much, yes, I did ; And I wished you back again To your dear native plain On the loose with a marmot or a kid ; With your father, and a bag full of money, In a cottage all your own Pretty much got up of stone, And with flocks In the rocks At your call, and the maids, Blue-kirtled, in the shades, And a score of beehives very full of honey ! 49 50 THE COMING STORM THE tree-tops rustle, the tree-tops wave, They hustle, they bustle ; and, down in a cave, The winds are murmuring, ready to rave. The skies are dimming ; the birds fly low, Skimming and swimming, their wings are slow ; They float, they are carried, they scarcely go. The dead leaves hurry; the waters, too, Flurry and scurry ; as if they knew A storm was at hand ; the smoke is blue. THE DISCONTENTED YEW-TREE A DARK-GREEN prickly yew one night Peeped round on the trees of the forest, And said, " Their leaves are smooth arid bright, My lot is the worst and poorest : I wish I had golden leaves," said the yew ; And lo, when the morning came, He found his wish had come suddenly true, For his branches were all aflame. 52 THE DISCONTENTED YEW-TREE Now, by came a Jew, with a bag on his back, Who cried, " I'll be rich to-day ! " He stripped the boughs, and, filling his sack With the yellow leaves, walked away ! The yew was as vexed as a tree could be, And grieved as a yew-tree grieves, And sighed, " If Heaven would but pity me, And grant me crystal leaves ! " Then crystal leaves crept over the boughs ; Said the yew, " Now am I not gay ? " But a hailstorm hurricane soon arose And broke every leaf away ! So he mended his wish yet once again, " Of my pride I do now repent ; Give me fresh green leaves, quite smooth and plain, And I will be content." In the morning he woke in smooth green leaf, Saying, " This is a sensible plan ; The storm will not bring my beauty to grief, Or the greediness of man." But the world has goats as well as men, And one came snuffing past, Which ate of the green leaves a million and ten, Not having broken his fast. 53 D THE DISCONTENTED YEW-TREE then the yew-tree groaned aloud, " What folly was mine, alack ! 1 was discontented, and I was proud O give me my old leaves back ! " So, when daylight broke, he was dark, dark green, And prickly as before ! The other trees mocked, "Such a sight to be seen ! To be near him makes one sore ! " The south wind whispered his leaves between, " Be thankful, and change no more ! "The thing you are is always the thing That you had better be"- But the north wind said, with a gallant fling, " The foolish, weak yew-tree ! " What if he blundered twice or thrice ? There's a turn to the longest lane; And everything must have its price Poor faulterer, try again ! " THE LITTLE BROTHER LITTLE brother in a cot, Baby, baby ! Shall he have a pleasant lot? Maybe, maybe ! Little brother in a nap, Baby, baby ! Bless his tiny little cap, Noise far away be ! 55 THE LITTLE BROTHER With a rattle in his hand, Baby, baby ! Dreaming who can understand Dreams like this, what they be ? When he wakes kiss him twice, Then talk and gay be ; Little cheeks soft and nice, Baby, baby ! Pretty little pouting boy, Baby, baby ! Let his life, with sweet and toy, Pleasure all and play be. Seven white angels watching here, Baby, baby ! Pray be kind to baby dear, Pray be, pray be ! Little brother in a cot, Baby, baby ! His shall be a pleasant lot Musty not may be ! 5b' CUCKOO IN THE PEAR-TREE THE Cuckoo sat in the old pear-tree. Cuckoo ! Raining or snowing, nought cared he. Cuckoo ! Cuckoo, cuckoo, nought cared he. 57 CUCKOO IN THE PEAR-TREE The Cuckoo flew over a housetop nigh. Cuckoo ! " Dear,, are you at home, for here am I ? Cuckoo ! Cuckoo, cuckoo, here am I." " I dare not open the door to you. Cuckoo ! Perhaps you are not the right cuckoo ? Cuckoo ! Cuckoo, cuckoo, the right Cuckoo ! " " I am the right Cuckoo, the proper one. Cuckoo ! For I am my father's only son, Cuckoo ! Cuckoo, cuckoo, his only son." " If you are your father's only son Cuckoo ! The bobbin pull tightly, Come through the door lightly Cuckoo ! If you are your father's only son Cuckoo ! It must be you, the only one Cuckoo, cuckoo, my own Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! " 58 MADCAP SWIFT, lithe, plastical ; High-fantastical In feats gymnastical ; Enthusiastical ; She is a glorious Romp ; victorious ; Is uproarious Too censorious ? She is a mighty, Elfy, spritey, Highty-tighty Ma'mselle Flighty. 59 MADCAP The gayest wench, if Her mood's extensive ; But full of sense, if Her mood is pensive. What resolution In execution ! ' O mum," says Susan, " She is a Rooshian ! " But when she's graver No girl is braver In her behaviour, As I'm a shaver! Bid Mystery pack again! With sudden tack again, My Romp is back again, Madcap, clack again! When I am priming Myself for rhyming Of Jove or Hymen, That girl is climbing, Athletic, able, The chairs, the table, An admirable Gymnastic Babel! 61 MADCAP It makes me shiver Jn lungs and liver, To look! However, Three cheers I give her. THE BEWITCHED TOYS; OR, QUEEN MAB IN CHILD-WORLD. I HERE comes Queen Mab in her coach-and- six! Look out for mischievous fairy tricks! 63 THE BEWITCHED TOYS Look out, good girls ! Look out, brave boys ! I know she comes to bewitch your toys! Hither she floats, like the down of a thistle !- So mind the pegtop; and mind the hoop; Bring down the kite with a sudden swoop; Hide the popgun; and plug up the whistle; But don't say Dolly's a-bed with the croup: For, if you tell her a fib, my dear, She'll fasten the door-key to your ear! II Then the Kite went flying up to the Moon, And the Man with the Sticks, who lives up there, Kick'd it through with his clouted shoon, And the tail hung dangling down in the air. But Harry wouldn't let go the string, Although it nearly broke with the strain; Said he: "Well, this is a comical thing, But the kite is mine, and I'll have it again!" "Now whistle three times," cried cunning Nell, "And over your shoulder throw your shoe, And pull once more, and say this spell: FUSTUMFUNNIDOSTANTARABOO ! " 64 THE BEWITCHED TOYS But Harry made a mistake in the charm, Saying, "FUSTUMFUNNIDOSTANTABOORACK !" And a dreadful pain went all up his arm, And he fell down, shouting, right on his back. Then Nell took hold, and pulled the string, And the kite came down, all safe and sound, And a piece of the moon away did bring, Which you may have for a silver pound! Ill Said Thomas, with the round straw hat, " My popgun bring to me, And hey ! to shoot the Tabby Cat Up in the Cherry-tree! "Last night she stole my supper all, She must be better taught; And I shall make her caterwaul 'I'm sorry/ as she ought." Then Thomas, taking hasty aim At Tabby on the bough, Hit Tabby's mistress, an old Dame Who had a Brindled Cow. 65 THE BEWITCHED TOYS The Brindled Cow could not abide To see her mistress struck. And after trembling Thomas hied, Said he, "It's just my luck!" She tossed him once, she tossed him twice, When Tabby at her flew, Saying, "Tom, your custard was so nice That I will fight for you." The old Dame flung the pellet back, And, when Tom picked it up, He cried, "The pellet has turned, good lack! To a custard in a cup ! " And so it had! The Brindled Cow, The Dame, and Tabby Cat Were much surprised. "It's strange, I vow," Said Tom in the round hat. But nothing came amiss to him ; He ate the custard clean There was a brown mark round the rim To show where it had been. IV " Pegtop, pegtop fast asleep ! Pray, how long do you mean to keep 66 THE BEWITCHED TOYS Humming and droning and spinning away ? Do you mean to keep on all the day ? Ten minutes have passed since your nap was begun ; Pegtop, when will your nap be done ? " Forty winks, forty, and forty more ! You never slept so long before ; This is a pretty sleep to take ! Boxer, Boxer, yawn and wake ! " Then said Marian, '-'Never fear; Dolly's nightcap, Richard dear, Put on Boxer perhaps he thinks He would like forty times forty winks ! Three o'clock, four o'clock, all day long Richard's pegtop hummed so strong, Hummed away and would not stop Dick had to buy another top ! For though this Boxer was certainly clever, Who wants a pegtop to hum for ever ? All the Queen's horses and all the Queen's men Couldn't get Boxer to wake again ; They made him a house, and put him in; The people came to see Boxer spin ; "A penny apiece," said Dick, "and cheap, To see my Pegtop's wonderful sleep ! " 67 THE BEWITCHED TOYS Kate had quarrelled and would not speak To Cousin John, Who, trying to kiss her on the cheek, With her bonnet on, Had crumpled her bonnet at the border, And put the trimming in disorder. " Pray let me kiss you, Katy dear," Said John so gay. " Now. Master John," said Kate severe, " Please get away ! And if you don't, I only hope You'll get hit with my skipping-rope ! " Skip, skip, Never trip ; Round and round ! " Does it touch the ground ? Don't I skip well ? " said sulky Kate ; But, oh, at last Her feet stuck fast Her pretty feet, So small and neat, Were glued by magic to the skipping-cord, Which turned into a Swing ! And then my lord Johnny said, "This is fine, upon my word!" 68 THE BEWITCHED TOYS Backwards and forwards Katy swung ; To the magic rope, which by nothing hung, Frightened out of her breath she clung An apple for the Queen, and a pear for the King! Wasn't that a wonderful swing ? It kept on going like anything ! "John!" said Katy, turning faint, And the colour of white paint, " Save me from this dreadful swing ! " Then our Johnny made a spring Up to Kate, and held her tight, And kissed her twice, with all his might, Which stopped the magic swing ; and Katy then Said, " Thank you, Jack ! " and kissed him back again. VI Then the Children all said, "She spoils our play We must really get Queen Mab away; She mustn't bewitch our Toys too much. Who will speak to her ? Does she talk Dutch ? John knows Magic, and Greek, and such ; No one than John can be cleverer Perhaps he knows how to get rid of her ! " 69 THE BEWITCHED TOYS VII Six White Mice, with harness on, What do you think of Cousin John, Who taught them so, And made them go ? Six white mice, with harness on ! A wee coach, gilt like the Lord Mayor's own ! Made by Cousin John alone, Bright and gay, On a Lord Mayor's Day Just such a coach is the Lord Mayor's own ! Marian's Doll come out for a ride, Dressed like a queen in pomp and pride : The six wee mice, That trot so nice, Draw Marian's Doll come out for a ride! Every mouse had a silver bell Round its neck, as I've heard tell ; Tinkle tink ! But who would think Of a harnessed mouse, with a silver bell ? 70 THE BEWITCHED TOYS " What can six white mice intend ? " Thought Queen Mab, with her hair on end- " And silver bells, And what-not-else What can six white mice intend? " When was such a procession seen ? It frightens me, as I'm a Queen ! " So she stopped her tricks, And her coach-and-six Drove away with the Fairy Queen. 71 THE NEW WORLD 1SAW a new world in my dream, Where all the folks alike did seem; There was no Child, there was no Mother, There was no Change, there was no Other, 72 THE NEW WORLD For everything was Same, the Same ; There was no praise, there was no blame; There was neither Need nor Help for it; There was nothing fitting, or unfit. Nobody laughed, nobody wept ; None grew weary, and so none slept ; There was nobody born, and nobody wed ; This world was a world of the living-dead. I longed to hear the Time-Clock strike In the world where the people were all alike ; I hated Same, I hated For-Ever, I longed to say Neither, or even Never. I longed to mend, I longed to make, I longed to give, I longed to take, I longed for a change, whatever came after, I longed for crying, I longed for laughter. At last I heard the Time-Clock boom, And woke from my dream in my little room ; With a smile on her lips my mother was nigh, And I heard the Baby crow and cry. And I thought to myself, How nice it is For me to live in a world like this, Where things can happen, and clocks can strike, And none of the people are made alike ; 73 THE NEW WORLD Where Love wants this, and Pain wants that, And all our hearts want Tit for Tat In the jumbles we make with our heads and our hands, In a world that nobody understands, But with work, and hope, and the right to call Upon Him who sees it and knows us all. LINA AND HER LAMB ~^HIS is Lina, with her lamb, A Lina and her lamb together, In the pleasant, flowery weather. " What a happy lamb I am ! " That is what the lamb would say If the lamb could only speak " Lina loves me all the week ; Lina loves me night and day; Lina loves me all the hours ; Lina goes to gather flowers ; Lina knows them, Lina finds them ; Lina takes the flowers, and binds them In a necklace for her lamb ! " Happy Lina, happy lamb ! Lina and her lamb together, In the pleasant flowery weather. 75 LINA AND HER LAMB II This is Lina with her lamb, Lina and her lamb together, In the snowy winter weather ; " What a happy lamb I am ! " That is what the lamb would say If the lamb could only speak "Lina loves me, Lina heeds me, Lina carries me, and feeds me ! " Happy Lina, happy lamb ! Lina and her lamb together, In the freezing winter weather. 77 THE BOY THAT LOVES A BABY GOOD MORROW, Little Stranger, Good morrow, Baby dear ! Good morrow, too, Mrs. Grainger, And what do you do here ? With your boxes, caps, and cap-strings, Drowsy, hazard-hap things. And love of good cheer ? I'm a little boy that goes, ma'am, Straight to the point ; You said that my nose, ma'am, Would soon be out of joint ; But my nose keeps its place, ma'am The middle of my face, ma'am ; It is a nose of grace, ma'am Aroint thee, aroint ! 78 THE BOY THAT LOVES A BABY Good morrow, Little Stranger, A girl, or a boy ? Good morrow, Mrs. Grainger Where are you, ma'am ? ahoy ! Here's all things in their proper place, And people likewise, The laundry-maid in the copper-place, The skylark in the skies ! Here's love for Mamma, And love for Papa ; Here's a penny for a scavenger, And a bag for the blooming lavender, And a rope for Don't Care, And a kiss for the little Baby, And one for a pretty lady With a diamond in her hair! 80 HAROLD AND ALICE; OR, THE REFORMED GIANT THE Giant sat on a rock up high, With the wind in his shaggy hair ; And he said, " I have drained the dairies dry, And stripped the orchards bare; 81 HAROLD AND ALICE "I have eaten the sheep, with the wool on their backs/' (A nasty giant was he,) "The eggs and the shells, the honey, the wax, The fowls, and the cock-turkey ; HAROLD AND ALICE "And now I think I could eat a score Of babies so plump and small ; And if, after that, I should want any more, Their brothers and sisters and all. To-morrow I'll do it. Ha ! what was that ? " Said he, for a sound he heard ; Was it fluttering owl or pattering rat, Or bough to the breeze that stirred ? " Oh, it was neither rat nor owl, Giant ! nor shaking leaf ; Young Harold has heard your scheme so foul, And it may come to grief! One thing which you ate has escaped your mind,- Young Harold his guinea-pig dear ; And he has crept up to try and find His pet, and he shakes with fear ; He has hid himself in a corner, you know, To listen and look about ; And if to the village to-morrow you go, You may find the babes gone out ! 83 HAROLD AND ALICE II Now, when to the village came Harold back And told his tale so wild, Then every mother she cried, " Good lack ! My child ! preserve my child ! " And every father took his sword And sharpened it on a stone ; But little Harold said never a word, Having a plan of his own. He laid six harrows outside the stile That led to the village green, Then on them a little hay did pile, For the prongs not to be seen. HAROLD AND ALICE A toothsome sucking-pig he slew, And thereby did it lay ; For why ? Because young Harold knew The Giant would pass that way. Then he went in and said his prayers, Not to lie down to sleep ; But at his window up the stairs A watch all night did keep, Till the little stars all went pale to bed, Because the sun was out, And the sky in the east grew dapple-red, And the little birds chirped about. Ill Now, all the village was early awake, And, with short space to pray, Their preparations they did make, To bear the babes away. The horses were being buckled in, The little ones looked for a ride, When on came the Giant, as ugly as Sin, With a terrible six-yard stride. 85 F HAROLD AND ALICE Then every woman and every child To scream aloud began ; Young Harold up at his watch-tower smiled, And his sword drew every man ; For now the Giant, fierce and big, Came near to the stile by the green, But when he saw that luscious pig His lips grew wet between ! Now, left foot, right foot, step it again, He trod on the harrow spikes ! And how he raged and roared with pain He may describe who likes. At last he fell, and as he lay Loud bellowing on the ground, The stalwart men of the village, they With drawn swords danced around. " O spare my life, I you entreat ! I will be a Giant good ! O take out those thorns that prick my feet, Which now are bathed in blood ! " Then the little village maids did feel For this Giant so shaggy-haired, And to their parents they did kneel, Saying, " Let his life be spared ! " 86 HAROLD AND ALICE His bleeding wounds the maids did bind ; They framed a litter strong With all the hurdles they could find ; Six horses drew him along ; And all the way to his castle rude Up high in the piny rocks, He promised to be a Giant good The cruel, crafty fox ! IV " O mother, lend me your largest tub ! "- " Why, daughter ? tell me quick ! " "O mother, to make a syllabub For the Giant who is so sick." Now in fever-fit the Giant lay, From the pain in his wounded feet, And hoping soon would come the day When he might the babies eat. "O mother, dress me in white, I beg, With flowers and pretty gear ; For Mary and Madge, and Jess and Peg, And all my playmates dear, 87 HAROLD AND ALICE tt \y e g j- ne Giant's this afternoon, To carry him something nice, A custard three times as big as the moon, With sugar and wine and spice." " O daughter, your father shall go with you ; Suppose the Giant is well, And eats you up, what shall we do?" Then her thought did Alice tell : " No, mother dear ; we go alone, And Heaven for us will care ; If the Giant bad has a heart of stone, We will soften it with prayer ! " Now, when the Giant saw these maids, Drest all in white, draw near, He twitched his monstrous shoulder-blades, And dropped an honest tear ! " Dear Giant, a syllabub nice we bring, Pray let us tuck you in ! " The Giant said, " Sweet innocent thing ! " Oh, I am a lump of sin ! " Go home, and say to the man of prayer To make the church-door wide, For I next Sunday will be there, And kneel, dears, at your side. 88 HAROLD AND ALICE " Tell brave young Harold I forgive Him for the harrow-spikes ; And I will do, please Heaven I live, What penance the prayer-man likes. "Set down, my dears, the syllabub. And as I better feel, I'll try and eat a fox's cub At my next mid-day meal ; "And all my life the village I'll keep From harmful vermin free ; But never more will eat up the sheep, The honey, or cock-turkey ! " Now Sunday came, and in the aisle Did kneel the Giant tall ; The priest could not forbear a smile, The church it looked so small ! And, as the Giant walked away, He knocked off the roof with his head ; But he quarried stones on the following day, To build another instead. 89 HAROLD AND ALICE And it was high and broad and long, And a hundred years it stood, To tell of the Giant so cruel and strong That kindness had made good. And when Harold and Alice were married there, A handsome sight was seen ; For the bridegroom was brave, and the bride was fair LONG LIVE OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN ! 90 PRINCE PHILIBERT OH, who loves Prince Philibert? Who but myself? His foot's in the stirrup ; His book's on the shelf; 91 PRINCE PHILIBERT His dapple-grey Dobbin Attends to his whip, And rocks up and down On the floor like a ship. I went to the pond with him, Just like the sea, To swim his three-decker That's named after me; His cheeks were like roses ; He knew all the rocks ; He looks like a sailor In grey knickerbocks. Oh, where is the keepsake I gave you, my prince? I keep yours in a drawer That smells of a quince : So how can I lose it? But you, giddy thing! Keep mine in your pocket, Mixed up with some string. Remember the riddle I told you last week ! And how I forgave you That scratch on the cheek ! 92 PRINCE PHILIBERT You could not have helped it,- You never would strike, Intending to do it, The girl that you like ! You call me Miss Stupid, You call me Miss Prue ; But how do you like me In crimson and blue? We go partners in findings, And money, and that, You help me in ciphering; Look at my hat ! I love you, Prince Philibert ! Who but myself? With your foot in the stirrup, Your book on the shelf! We call you a prince, John, But oh, when you crack The nuts we go halves in, You're my Filbert Jack ! GOLD-BOY AND GREEN-GIRL THERE was a little jackdaw Lived on a vane ; He was a very black daw, Shiny in the rain. 94 GOLD-BOY AND GREEN-GIRL There was a boy in gold ; There was a girl in green ; The lad was very bold; The maid was more serene. There was a little church ; It had a little steeple ; The jackdaw on his perch Cawed at the people. This little golden boy And green damosel Did make it their employ Their loves for to tell. And early in the morning, It came into their head Themselves to be adorning And go for to be wed. The girl in green did stammer At saying I take thee ; Gaffer said, and Gammer, "What a pair they be!" The yellow boy was bolder, And spoke up like a king, As if he had been older Hark, the bells ring! 95 GOLD-BOY AND GREEN-GIRL In pops the jackdaw At the belfry-door; "Caw!" says the jackdaw, "One peal more!" 96 T AT HARVEST-TIME I HE tawny sheaves of wheat Are standing on their feet, They cuddle together, They huddle together, They laugh out bold, Their tassels of gold They toss up together; They gossip together In the harvest weather; And what may the thing they are whispering be? 97 AT HARVEST-TIME The trees stand waiting; The windmills are prating And gesticulating But what is debating? What do they wait to hear or to see? We shall soon know, I trust Whew, the wind! just A soft, rapid gust, That swirls about the dust In the serpentine green lane, and the straws upon the lea! The light white mill divines; I can see him making signs To his heavy black brother; They nod to each other "Hail-fellows-well-met with the Wind are we!" And my lady in her bower, Or her parlour, or her tower, Says, "In about an hour We shall have a thunder-shower ' Shine or storm, pretty lady, keep a kiss for me! SEE-SAW IS AID to the babe, out of swaddling bands, As it kicked up its heels, and flung out its hands, And blew little bubbles, and cried, and crew, "You innocent dear! But I wouldn't be you! " And yet I don't know : you have never to think ; You have only to snuggle, and sleep, and drink, And, in spite of original sin, grow fat. Yes, really, one might do worse than that!" I said to the schoolboy, "You joyous elf!" I mean, I murmured the thing to myself, Or he would have laughed Pig, Dance a jig ! Goose, goose, Put on shoes ! Snail, snail, Fill the pail ! Rabbit, rabbit, Mind you stab it ! Cricket, cricket, Mind you kick it ! 312 II MY maid Molly, She pricked her thumb, But only with holly, And the blood wouldn't come. Ill MARTIN, Martin Went a carting; And why did he travel ? To bring home some gravel. IV HEY-DOWN, high-down, furze and thistle, Rain and wind, and a dog and whistle ; The wind blows, the rain drops, The seeds are gone from the thistle-tops : Whistle ! find me a flower in the clover, And you shall have turkey for supper, Rover ! 315 TOPSYTURVEY- WORLD IF the butterfly courted the bee, And the owl the porcupine ; If churches were built in the sea, And three times one was nine ; If the pony rode his master, If the buttercups ate the cows, If the cat had the dire disaster To be worried, sir, by the mouse ; 316 TOPSYTURVEY -WORLD If mamma, sir, sold the baby To a gipsy for hal f-a -crown ; If a gentleman, sir, was a lady, The world would be Upside-Down! If any or all of these wonders Should ever come about, I should not consider them blunders, For I should be Inside-Out ! Chorus : Ba-ba, black wool, Have you any sheep ? Yes, sir, a pack-full, Creep, mouse, creep ! 317 TOPS YTURVEY -WORLD Four-and-twenty little maids Hanging out the pie, Out jumped the honey-pot, Guy-Fawkes, Guy ! Cross-latch, cross-latch, Sit and spin the fire, When the pie was opened, The bird was on the brier! 318 MISS WAVER LITTLE Miss Waver Sings with a quaver, A musical maid is she; Her voice is as clear As any you hear Let little Miss Waver be. 319 JEREMY JANGLE JEREMY JANGLE Lives in a tangle ; You never know where to take him : His head is immense, And he might talk sense Perhaps, if you could but make him, 320 JEREMY JANGLE But he says that a tailor has a tail, And every sailor is made for sale, Also that bunting is made of buns ! But everybody can see at once That this is nonsense. And yet his head Is large, and he calls himself well read ! 321 STALKY JACK I KNEW a boy who took long walks, Who lived on beans, and ate the stalks ; To the Giants' Country he lost his way ; They kept him there for a year and a day. 322 STALKY JACK But he has not been the same boy since ; An alteration he did evince ; For you may suppose that he underwent A change in his notions of extent ! He looks with contempt on a nice high door, And tries to walk in at the second floor ! He stares with surprise at a basin of soup, He fancies a bowl as large as a hoop ; He calls the people minikin mites ; He calls a sirloin a couple of bites ! Things having come to these pretty passes, They bought him some magnifying glasses. He put on the goggles, and said, " My eyes ! The world has come to its proper size ! " But all the boys cry, " Stalky John ! There you go with your goggles on ! " What girl would marry him and quite right To be taken for three times her proper height ? So this comes of taking extravagant walks, And living on beans, and eating the stalks. THE FIDDLER AND THE CROCODILE ONE day a fiddler from the North, Out Memphis way, went walking forth;, He smoked his pipe and winked his lids, And said, " Ah, ah ! the Pyramids ? " 324 FIDDLER AND THE CROCODILE In this that fiddler took good heed; The Pyramids were there indeed; Sing Amon-Ra, sing Gizeh town, Cheops, Cephrenes, mummy brown! Thus said he on the banks of Nile, When out there crawled a crocodile, And when he turned, more scared than hurt, The creature seized him by the skirt. The crocodile was fierce and strong, And twenty mortal feet was long. The fiddler said, "It has been guessed That music soothes the savage breast." He drew his skirt there being a pause From out the alligator's jaws; For, crocodile or alligator, The beast was something of that nature. Sing bulrushes, sing cats and leeks, Sing tawny gods with senseless beaks, Sing scarabaei, if you've patience, Isis, Osiris, inundations! The fiddler raised his violin, And to perform did next begin Sing lotus-flower, papyrus stiff, Sarcophagus and hieroglyph! 325 x FIDDLER AND THE CROCODILE The district, since Amenophis, Had never heard the like of this; (Oh, to have seen the fiddler man As up and down the scale he ran !) That crocodile sat down to hear, And to his eye there came a tear; He turned it over in his mind; His tail lay limp and long behind. AJfettuoso was the plan Which struck at first that fiddler man; Allegro next his soul was stirr'd Con molto brio was the word. At this the alligator brute Or crocodile, if that will suit Rose, much excited, from his seat, And danced like mad, with heart and heat. Sing Pompey, plectrum, strings and pegs, Ichneumons, sand, and serpents' eggs, Cheops, Cephrenes, Memnon, Sphinx " I knew it ! "so that fiddler thinks. " I knew," said he, with joy and jest, " That music soothes the savage breast ; " He swept the strings with maddening go, From presto to prestissimo. 326 FIDDLER AND THE CROCODILE But though the brute had dropped his plan Of eating up at once the man, It did not seem, his ways were such, That music yet had soothed him much. In fact he leapt and danced like mad ; He danced with all the legs he had; Our friend, with violin to shoulder, Sat, proudly playing, on a boulder. He played until his arm grew weak, And heat-drops gathered on his cheek ; He saw there would be mischief in it If he but dropped his bow a minute ! For in that alligator's look He read, as plain as in a book, "Play on, or I will eat you yet, With appetite the sharper set ! " Just as he thought he soon must faint (And his emotions who can paint?) He felt, and saw on looking round, A curious trembling of the ground. Thinks he, "This dancing crocodile Is shaking up the land of Nile "- He looked again, and saw, in places, The pyramids leap from their bases! 327 FIDDLER AND THE CROCODILE As six or seven together rushed, He cried, "Confound it! I am crushed!" But, happy chance! a moment later They fell and crushed the alligator. Sing Cleopatra's almond eye, Sing reeds and hippopotami, Sing tamarisk-trees by Mceris Lake, And mud left in the sun to bake ! Then, as the fiddler wiped his brow, Says he, " I feel exhausted now ! " Those ruins he no more regards Than any fallen house of cards. Out on the sands he chanced to find A bit of temple to his mind, And, as he sat down in the shade, There came an Ethiop to his aid. " De Hyksos," said that nigger lad, " Dis way some secret cellarage had ; Yah, massa, yah, de best ob wine; De Shepherd Kings, dey know'd de Rhine." He quaffed those hocks, that fiddler bold, Hocks five and thirty centuries old; The cellar-man was older still Sing Typhon, Ptah, or what you will. 328 FIDDLER AND THE CROCODILE Sing Ra, sing Sos, sing Seb, sing Khem, Sing Mycerinus, after them; Sing Diodorus Siculus, Who tells untruths, for all his fuss; Sing Manetho ; but keep this clue The tale which / have told is true. 329 L'ENVOI VERSIFICATION, Likewise illustration ; Flowers of my growing From seed to blowing; Flowers of my finding, Gathering, and binding; Home-flower and heather Mingled together; Take these confusions, Ye dear Lilliputians. Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON &* Co. 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