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    The Tumultuous Tom-tommy Tortoise,
    who beat a Drum all day long in the
    middle of the wilderness.

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    The Umbrageous Umbrella-maker,
    whose Face nobody ever saw, because it was
    always covered by his Umbrella.

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    The Visibly Vicious Vulture,
    who wrote some Verses to a Veal-cutlet in a
    Volume bound in Vellum.

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    The Worrying Whizzing Wasp,
    who stood on a Table, and played sweetly on a
    Flute with a Morning Cap.

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    The Excellent Double-extra XX
    imbibing King Xerxes, who lived a
    long while ago.

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    The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo,
    whose Head was ever so much bigger than his
    Body, and whose Hat was rather small.

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    The Zigzag Zealous Zebra,
    who carried five Monkeys on his back all
    the way to Jellibolee.

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LAUGHABLE LYRICS

A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc.

by

EDWARD LEAR

Author of the Book of Nonsense, More Nonsense, Nonsense Songs, Stories, etc., etc.

With All the Original Illustrations.

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CONTENTS

    LAUGHABLE LYRICS. 
        THE DONG WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE
        THE TWO OLD BACHELORS
        THE PELICAN CHORUS
        THE YONGHY-BONGHY-Bo
        THE POBBLE WHO HAS NO TOES
        THE NEW VESTMENTS
        MR. AND MRS. DISCOBBOLOS
        THE QUANGLE WANGLE’S HAT
        THE CUMMERBUND
        THE AKOND OF SWAT

    NONSENSE BOTANY

      " ALPHABET, No. 5
      " " No. 6

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LAUGHABLE LYRICS.

THE DONG WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE.

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    When awful darkness and silence reign
    Over the great Gromboolian plain,
        Through the long, long wintry nights;
    When the angry breakers roar
    As they beat on the rocky shore;
        When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights
    Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,—­

    Then, through the vast and gloomy dark
    There moves what seems a fiery spark,—­
        A lonely spark with silvery rays
        Piercing the coal-black night,—­
        A Meteor strange and bright: 
    Hither and thither the vision strays,
        A single lurid light.